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The '''Royal Artillery Museum''', which was one of the world's oldest military museums,<ref>{{cite book|title=Michelin Green Guide: London|date=2012|publisher=Michelin Travel & Lifestyle}}</ref> was first opened to the public in [[Woolwich]] in southeast London in 1820. It told the story of the development of [[artillery]] through the ages by way of a collection of [[artillery piece]]s from across the centuries.
The museum had its roots in an earlier institution, the Royal Military Repository (established in Woolwich in the 1770s as a training collection for cadets of the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy]]); items which were once displayed in the Repository form the nucleus of the Royal Artillery Museum collection.
Following the closure in 2016 of the museum, branded since 2001 as 'Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum', its collection has been placed in storage pending the establishment of a new Royal Artillery Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Royal Artillery Museum|url=https://royalartillerymuseum.com/|access-date=2020-07-25}}</ref> The Royal Artillery Museum collections are designated as being of national and international significance by [[Arts Council England]].<ref name="DOC">{{cite web|title=Designated Outstanding Collections|url=http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/Designated_Outstanding_collections.pdf|website=Arts Council England|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> ==History==
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