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1. Conference & Event Facilities
The Royal Armouries also provides corporate and conference facilities at Fort Nelson and Leeds.
2. Museum Director - Operations
Museum Director is tasked with delivering a successful, visitor-focused, educational heritage attraction, maximising quality of service and display.
3. Museum History
The Royal Armouries is Britain’s oldest museum, and one of the oldest museums in the world.
4. Leeds History
The history of the Royal Armouries from 1996, in its new purpose built museum in Leeds
5. History of the Collection
A history of the Royal Armouries and its collection from its founding in the Tower of London to the present day.
6. Leeds
Information for teachers and others planning a group educational visit to the Royal Armouries in Leeds.
7. AS and A Level
The Royal Armouries education centre in Leeds offers a unique opportunity to students studying at A level and AS level. You’ll have the opportunity to work with archive material and study real objects.
8. English and Drama
At the Royal Armouries Education Centre in Leeds we can offer informative or hands on workshops, creative spaces and innovative starting points. We are happy to tailor make a session to fit the needs of your AS and A level students.
9. History
These taught seminars, combine a presentation with first hand study of original and replica artefacts for a minimum of 15 students. Our Seminar Studies put AS and A2 students in touch with original archives as well as objects.
10. Art and Design
The museum in Leeds offers a range of innovative and creative educational workshops for students of art and design. This multicultural collection can provide inspiration for a huge range of topics, themes and processes to be researched and re-interpreted.
11. Self-Led Visits
Our museum is an ideal site for exploring topics in History, Art and Design, English and Local History. There is no single route through its galleries giving you the freedom to plan your groups’ activities.
12. Art and Design
A specialist art handling collection is available for students to use, including vintage and antique military uniforms, civilian fashions and ephemera. All sessions include objects from our handling collection and are accessible to all ages and abilities.
13. Maps to Museum
Route maps to Royal Armouries Leeds for visitors to download and print out.
14. Be Inspired-by some of our projects
We thought you might find inspiration in some of the projects we have been involved in recently. If you are interested in working with us on a project please contact us.
15. Leeds Hippo Project
This project was organised by the University of Leeds and funded by the HLF. It was designed to encourage local families to engage in this little known Leeds treasure.
16. Home Front and Front Line: 1914-1918
Investigate the home front with rarely seen panoramic photographs of a national filling factory at Chilwell and discover how Leeds company Greenwood and Batley contributed to the war effort and profited by it.
17. A Play - Only Water Between
Only Water Between is a unique, moving and true story of love, life and loss. Hear the fatally-linked stories of Great War soldier Jack Adam and his wife, and Hiram Maxim, inventor of the machine gun as they unforgettably converge.
18. Summer 09 - The Tower of London comes to Leeds
The summer exhibition at the Royal Armouries in Leeds is The Tower of London comes to Leeds. 11 July – 1 November 2009.
19. Horses
The horses are owned by the Royal Armouries and were specially selected to represent as accurately as we can the type of medieval war horse.
5 Events
1. Beyond Calculation
Throughout the month of November the names of the 10,000 men from Leeds who’s lives were lost during the First World War will be read out.
2. Remember, Reflect, Re-act
This month is an opportunity to think about the way people’s lives have been affected by war, both in the past and through to the present day.
3. Armistice Day
The 90th Anniversary of Armistice Day.
4. Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance Sunday poppy drop.
5. Trench Warfare
A talk and handling session on Trench Warfare.