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8 Press Releases

1. Treat your mum like a queen at the Royal Armouries

Why not make a change from the usual chocolates and bubble bath and treat your Mum to an exciting show featuring our chivalrous knights in shining armour and their brave steeds. Every Mum at the joust will receive a special gift of roses.

2. Royal Armouries highlights key achievements for 2009

Britain’s oldest museum, the Royal Armouries, today (Wednesday, March 3) reports one of the most positive years in its long and illustrious history.

3. 500 Years of Royal Arms and Armour ‘Fit for a King’ at the Tower of London

New permanent exhibition ‘Fit for a King’ to open in the Tower of London’s White Tower this Easter (1 April 2010)
Press preview: 9am – 1pm, Wednesday 31 March 2010

4. More visitors flock to Britain’s oldest museum

More than 271,000 visitors flocked to the Royal Armouries (RA) Museum in Leeds in 2009 – an annual increase of nearly 3.5 percent.

5. Royal Armouries fire up online learning

Royal Armouries harness the latest technology to boost learning as part of its inspirational, online, interactive and educational programmes.

6. Intrepid youngsters launch an armoured assault on Fort Nelson

Youngsters are being invited to beat the February half-term blues and let off steam by joining an “Armoured Assault” session at historic Fort Nelson.

7. Royal Armouries supports campaign to save UK’s largest treasure hoard for the West Midlands

The Royal Armouries is backing an official campaign to raise £3.3m to save the 7th Century Staffordshire Hoard from being split up and sold on the open market.

8. Explore the mysteries of the East this weekend in Leeds

Banish the last of the January blues and discover treasures from Japan and China at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, this weekend (January 30 and 31).

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