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1. History in your Hands Seminars
This series of seminars will give you an opportunity to experience first hand some of the finest objects from the Royal Armouries great collections.
2. Napoleonic Wars: 1792-1815
Find out what it was really like to serve in the British Army in the Napoleonic Wars.
3. George Francklin Atkinson and the Great Rebellion of 1857
This session tells the story of George Francklin Atkinson, a Captain in the Bengal Engineers who produced a unique and often quoted history of the 1857 rebellion in India.
4. The First World War
What can we learn from photographs from the First World War? What do all those badges, chevrons, cap-badges and uniforms actually mean? This session gives you the opportunity to compare your own material with archival images from our collection.
5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Great War
The creator of Sherlock Holmes campaigned for the introduction of helmets to the British Army in 1915-1916. Discover more about his designs for body armour.
6. Home Front and Front Line: 1914-1918
Investigate the home front with rarely seen panoramic photographs of a national filling factory at Chilwell and discover how Leeds company Greenwood and Batley contributed to the war effort and profited by it.
7. Golden Wednesdays: Adult Talks and Workshops
A series of talks and workshops for adults focusing on the Tudors.
8. History Talks
These introductory sessions give an overview of some of the significant events in the Tudor period, followed by a chance to handle some of our original and replica objects.
9. Art Workshops
These 90 minute adult art workshops will introduce you a variety of inspiring and creative classes. Led by our specialist tutor, these workshops are small, friendly and relaxed.
10. Weapons Curiosa
Come and find out about some of the most famous examples of the weapon smith’s art as well as some of the more unusual ones!
11. Duelling Weapons
An introduction to the art and social history of duelling and a closer look at the duellist’s weapons of choice and their origins.
12. Indian Swords
The session will provide an opportunity to handle and study in detail all the main types, and look at their geographical origins from the different regions of the Indian sub-continent from provenanced examples from the Royal Armouries collection.
13. Curator's talks
As some of the world’s leading authorities in their fields, our curators can give talks to groups with a passion for a particular subject.
11 Events
1. Japanese Arms and Armour Seminar
Ian Bottomley, former senior curator of Oriental arms and armour at the Royal Armouries, gives a fascinating insight into the traditions and techniques of Japanese armourers and swordsmiths.
2. Firearms of the American Civil War Seminar
Learn about the development of small-arms in the United States during the first part of the 19th century.
3. Flashman Seminar
As a tribute to the author, George MacDonald Fraser, who died earlier this year, this seminar follows the career of Sir Harry Flashman VC.
4. Pistols and Revolvers Seminar
This seminar, led by Stuart Taylor, of the Historical Breechloading Small Arms Association.
5. On A Knife Edge: the ethics of weapons display
A seminar discussing the ethics of displaying weapons.
6. Hands-on Seminar: Wellington's Army
A two day seminar which is part of the Museum’s weekend of events associated with the Napoleonic Wars.
7. English Civil War Seminar
Learn about the realities of the English Civil Wars in Yorkshire, focusing on the Battle of Marston Moor. Also handle objects from the Popham armoury from Littlecote House.
8. Now That’s Something You Don’t See Everyday!
Come and take a closer look at some of the rare, curious and simply oddball weapons in the Royal Armouries’ collections, many of which have never been on public display.
9. WEAPONS CURIOSA
Come and find out about some of the most famous and unusual examples of the weapon smith’s art!
10. DUELLING WEAPONS
An introduction to the art and social history of duelling and a closer look at the duellist’s weapons of choice and their origins.
11. INDIAN SWORDS
Explore the diversity of Indian swords from the talwar to the firanghi, the katar to the khanjar.