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The main entrance to the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds will be closed on Wednesday 2 July and Thursday 3 July due to a conference taking place. An alternative entrance is available from the west side of the museum. The ground floor café will not be open, but our second floor café will be serving drinks, sandwiches and snacks.

Hall of Steel

looking up into a tall tower of arms and armour

The hall of steel is the architectural centrepiece of the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.

It is the largest mass display of arms and armour created since the 19th century.

Highlights

  • A glass tower with impressive views of Leeds, Leeds Dock and the Aire & Calder navigation
  • Mortars and cannon around the walls at the base of the stairs
  • A display of 2700 objects of mainly 17th-century and 19th-century military equipment
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