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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 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
Fort Nelson, the Artillery Hall gallery
The White Tower is a former royal residence, the old keep, at the Tower of London in England. It was built by William the Conqueror during the early 1080s, and subsequently extended. The White Tower w
Royal Armouries
…as the King's Privy Wardrobe at the Tower of London in the mid-15th century. Overseen from 1423 by the Master of the King's Armour, and based in the White Tower, the Office was responsible for manufacturing armour and edged weapons for the monarch and his armies; it functioned alongside the Office of Ordnance…
The White Tower seen from the southwest
The White Tower seen from Tower Bridge
The 15th-century Tower in a manuscript of poems by Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465), commemorating his imprisonment there. The white forebuilding to the left of the duke was demolished in 1674. Old London Bridge is in the background at top. (British Library).
The Royal Armouries still have displays in the White Tower. This suit of armour belonged to Henry VIII.