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The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (French: Musée royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire militaire; Dutch: Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis), also known as the Royal Military Museum (French: Musée royal de l'Armée (MRA); Dutch: Koninklijk Legermuseum (KLM)), is a military museum that occupies the two northernmost halls of the historic complex in the ...
A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
The former Royal Military Academy building in the Royal Arsenal housed the museum's collection from 1802 to 1820. In 1778 Captain William Congreve 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.
The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a national museum that holds the National Collection of Arms and Armour.It is part of the Royal Armouries family of museums, with other sites at the Royal Armouries' traditional home in the Tower of London, and the National Collection of Artillery at Fort Nelson, Hampshire.
The Military Museums is a reorganization of the former Museum of the Regiments in Calgary, Alberta, announced by Sophie, Countess of Wessex, on June 3, 2006. [1] The new museum comprises the former Museum of the Regiments as well as the relocated Naval Museum of Alberta and an Air Force Wing consisting of artifacts being acquired.
Canadian Ross Rifle, displayed at the Royal Canadian Regiment Military Museum in London, Ontario. Collecting regimental artifacts is an activity that goes back to the beginnings of The RCR. To fulfill its mandate, the museum continues to pro-actively collect historically significant objects and archives that are connected to The RCR history.
Labrador Military Museum: Newfoundland and Labrador: Happy Valley-Goose Bay: Labrador: Aviation: information, items from the Canadian, American, Dutch, German, and British Air Forces Quidi Vidi Battery: Newfoundland and Labrador: St. John's: Military: website, artillery battery during the War of 1812: Royal Canadian Legion Military Museum ...
The Hall of Steel in the Royal Armouries in Leeds Gothic plate armour, Royal Armouries in Leeds Part of the display at the Tower of London. The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour. Once an important part of England's military organization, it became the United Kingdom's oldest museum, and one of the ...