Our guided tours will take you behind the scenes at our Wood Road stores where you can explore unique and fascinating artefacts from our small objects store including our incredible collection of field guns from the 17th century to modern day, the latest projects in our conservation workshop and the story of our museum.
The Royal Artillery Museum’s collection was established in 1778 for training purposes and is one of the oldest and most significant of all military collections. It opened to the public in 1820 at the Rotunda on Woolwich Common and moved to the Firepower Museum in 2001. Firepower closed in 2016, pending the creation of a new museum near Larkhill, the modern home of the Royal Artillery. That project is ongoing, and for the time being, most of the collection remains in various storage locations.
This year, we are also having dedicated talks in addition to our guided tours:
- Thursday 17 September: 'The Gunners behind the Guns' - Have a tour of a selection of our guns, then listen to our archive team tell the stories of some of the real Gunners who served with them.
- Friday 18 September: 'Small Arms, Big Impact' - Learn about the personal weapons in our collection and have a chance to get 'hands-on' with a selection of guns.
- Saturday 19 September: Guided Tours of our Small Object Store
Sunday 20 September: Guided Tours of our Small Object Store
Book your FREE tickets here: https://bit.ly/RoyalArtilleryMuseumTours