The Royal Artillery Museum's Library consists of books, periodicals and other published works from the 16th Century to the present day, covering artillery from the 13th Century onwards.
The Archive, also stored at the Library, consists of pamphlets, manuals, personal and technical papers, photographs, documents, together with unit records from the 18th Century to the present day. The Archives contain over 5,000 individual collections. Material is received from a wide variety of sources, including some RA units and establishments, members and ex-members of the Regiment, the Ministry of Defence and the general public.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT HOLD PERSONNEL RECORDS.
Reading Room
The Museum's Reading Room is made available to visitors from Monday to Thursday by appointment only. There will be two visitor sessions from 10am – 1pm and from 1pm – 4pm Monday to Thursday only.
There is a flat fee for this of £30 per session plus additional fees for photocopying. If a session goes over the allotted time you will be charged an extra fee of £2.50 per 15 minutes.
To arrange an appointment, please contact the Librarian by telephone on 020 8312 7125.
Research
The Museum will now only accept written enquires from the general public. We no longer accept email or telephone enquires. Each research enquiry will cost £41.12(including VAT)(non-refundable) and is based on 3 hours of staff research time – if the enquiry is likely to take longer then will write to you and estimate the additional costs.
Send your research enquiry to us and we will write back to you within 21 days with the appropriate paperwork which should be completed and returned with the research fee. A copy of the letter will be placed on our 28 day file. If we do not receive the form or fee within 28 days from the date of our letter to you, we will assume that you do not wish to proceed with the research.
Send your initial enquiry to:
Research Enquiries
Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum
Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
London SE18 6ST
