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Policies

Website

Website accessibility statement

Website terms and conditions

Website copyright use statement

Cookies

Visitors

Access policy (pdf, 133 KB)

Customer care policy (pdf, 136 KB)

Visitor behaviour guidance

Safeguarding policy (pdf, 140 KB)

Safeguarding procedures (pdf, 1 MB)

Smoke free policy (pdf, 164 KB)

Photography and filming policy (pdf, 165 KB)

Complaints Policy

Education

Education bookings terms and conditions

Health and safety pack (Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds) (pdf, 277 KB)

Health and safety pack (Fort Nelson) (pdf, 234 KB)

Health & Safety

Health and safety environment policy statement

Health and safety policy (pdf, 285 KB) 

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds risk assessment (pdf, 277 KB)

Fort Nelson risk assessment (pdf, 234 KB)

Insurance

Confirmation of insurance 2026 (pdf, 252 KB)

Privacy

Privacy notice (pdf, 146 KB)

Privacy notice: staff (pdf, 135 KB)

Privacy notice: data retention schedule (pdf, 106 KB)

Royal Armouries public task

Public task schedule

Copyright policy (pdf, 98 KB)

Commercial and Non-commercial use licences

Archives

Guide to Royal Armouries archives (pdf, 141 KB)

Reading room regulations (pdf, 24 KB)

Archive handling guidelines (pdf, 24 KB)

Archives management policy (pdf, 217 KB)

Archives development policy (pdf, 200 KB)

Archives information policy (pdf, 155 KB)

Archives appraisal policy (pdf, 184 KB)

Archives preservation policy (pdf, 458 KB)

Archives access policy (pdf, 358 KB)

Archives digitisation policy (pdf, 60 KB)

Digital preservation policy (pdf, 458 KB)

Collection

How we manage our collections

Collections policy framework 2025 (pdf, 117 KB)

Collections access policy 2025 (pdf, 182 KB)

Collections development policy 2025 (pdf, 275 KB)

Collections information policy 2025 (pdf, 146 KB)

Collections care and conservation policy 2025 (pdf, 188 KB)

Insurance indemnity and valuation policy 2024 (pdf, 117 KB)

Human remains policy

Immunity from seizure

Restitution and repatriation policy (pdf, 114 KB)

Equality

Disabilities equality policy (pdf, 110 KB) 

Disability confident employer (pdf, 213 KB)

Finance

Terms and conditions services (RA) (pdf, 468 KB)

No purchase order no pay policy

Information

Freedom of Information Act policy (pdf, 290 KB)

Freedom of Information Act publication scheme (pdf, 36 KB) 

Access to Information (pdf, 112 KB)

Procurement

Procurement policy (pdf, 360 KB)

Trustees, Staff and Volunteers

Equal opportunities policy (pdf, 164 KB) 

Staff code of conduct (pdf, 126 KB) 

Recruitment policy (pdf, 151 KB) 

Trustees code of conduct (pdf, 370 KB)

Volunteer policy (pdf, 194 KB)

Alternative communication formats

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