Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom’s national museum of arms and armour, and one of the most important museums of its type in the world.

Our ultimate purpose is to use and develop our expertise to preserve, study, present and interpret the national collection of arms and armour, ensuring its continued relevance and positive contribution to public life in perpetuity. As history’s expert witness, we shall inspire people to discover and understand how many of the most compelling narratives of human endeavour and experience have been, and continue to be, shaped by arms and armour.

Our origins lie in the royal arsenal at the Tower of London. Today we are based at three sites: the White Tower in the Tower of London; Fort Nelson, a Victorian Fort in Hampshire; and our flagship museum in Leeds.

Find out more about our work, including exhibitions, our online collections and our events programmes.