Museums · London
Royal Artillery Museum
Royal Artillery Museum — closed military museum in London, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Woolwich · 0.2 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Royal Artillery Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1820. Wikidata describes it as: "closed military museum in London, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.4939°, 0.0708°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Royal Artillery Museum, which was one of the world's oldest military museums, was first opened to the public in Woolwich in southeast London on 4 May 1820. The regimental museum of the Royal Artillery, it told the story of the development of artillery by way of a collection of artillery pieces from across the centuries. The museum had its roots in an earlier institution, the Royal Military Repository (established in Woolwich in the 1770s as a training collection for cadets of the Royal Military Academy); items which were once displayed in the Repository form the nucleus of the Royal Artillery Museum collection. Following the closure in 2016 of the museum, branded since 2001 as 'Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum', its collection has been placed in storage pending the establishment of a new Royal Artillery Museum. The collections are designated as being of national and international significance by Arts Council England.
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Background
History
The museum has its origins in 18th-century Woolwich, in the Royal Arsenal (which at the time was known as the Warren). Two permanent companies of field artillery had been established here by the Board of Ordnance in 1716, each 100 men strong; this became the "Royal Artillery" in 1720. Also in the Warren, in 1741, the Board had established a Royal Military Academy to train its artillery and engineer cadets.
Description
In 1778 Captain William Congreve (1742–1814) of the Royal Artillery set up a training establishment within the Warren, as an offshoot of the Royal Military Academy, to instruct officers in handling heavy equipment in the field of battle. Congreve's experiences as a lieutenant firework in Canada during the Seven Years' War had convinced him of the need to train the artillery to manoeuvre heavy ordnance in difficult conditions. His 'Repository of Military Machines' (soon given the title of Royal Military Repository) was housed in a long two-storey building alongside the Carriage Works: cannons used for field training were stored on the ground floor while smaller items and models used for…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4939, 0.0708
- District
- Greenwich
- Parish
- Greenwich, unparished area
- Postcode
- SE18 6ZD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Greenwich and Woolwich
- Phone
- +44 20 8191 0100
- Established
- 1820
- Nearest railway station
- Woolwich — 0.2 km
- Official site
- www.royalartillerymuseum.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q682917 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Royal Artillery Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Firepower - geograph.org.uk - 57579.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Royal Artillery Museum?
- Royal Artillery Museum is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SE18 6ZD), in the parish of Greenwich, unparished area.
- When was Royal Artillery Museum built?
- Built or established in 1820.
- How do I get to Royal Artillery Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Woolwich, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SE18 6ZD.