The Royal Armouries Leeds

The Royal Armouries Leeds

The History of the Royal Armouries Leeds

• After a lot of research, the decision was made to create the Royal Armouries museum in the 1990’s.
• The bulk of the Royal Armouries kept at the tower of London were re-homed.
• Ever since, they have worked to preserve, study, present and interpret the national collection of arms and armour to the public.
• Furthermore, the museum is free for all to enter as it is nationally owned.

The Features of the Royal Armouries

• They have 3 performance spaces for actors to bring history back to life.
• They have the first Tourney to be created in the United Kingdom in over 500 years.
• The Tourney building has spectator seating downstairs. However, you must stand if you are watching the duelling from above.
• you can pay to fire a cross bow.
• The steel hall is full of educational quizzes and games.
• There is period clothing to try on, and staff also invite you to experience the armouries by touch.
• Furthermore, they have a tilt yard close by for outdoor performances.
• There is a café with plenty of food and drink to choose from.
• The shop has many armoury themed items to buy. Including toy swords to play with.

The Accessibility of the Royal Armouries Leeds

• This is one of the few places where blind people can pay to use a crossbow.
• The staff at The Royal Armouries Leeds are dedicated to making your experience as accessible as possible. So much so that they have a page on the accessibility facilities on their website.
• Looking for times to go? you can find them on their homepage.

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