2008 EVENTS
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Saturday 21 June to Sunday 30 November
Out of the Dark Exhibition
Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum, is opening a fascinating new exhibition in June entitled Out of the Dark. The exhibition will mark 230 years of the Royal Artillery Museum collection and will feature, appropriately, 230 objects from around the world and rarely seen by the public on show together for the first time. From elephant tusk armour to a lock of Napoleon's hair, this unique, culturally diverse exhibition explores the darkest store room cupboards to bring you some of the most remarkable objects held in the collection that has grown to 3,500,000 individual items in the last 230 years. Object number 230 in the exhibition was unknown as it was the latest item added to the collection just before the exhibition opened.
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July - August, Summer Exhibition
Work, Rest and Play at the Arsenal
Staged in the adjacent Greenwich Heritage Centre, the exhibition will look at the lives of those who worked in the Royal Arsenal. Featuring objects, photographs and archive material from the Firepower and Heritage Centre collections. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm with free admission. For information call 020 8854 2452 or heritage.centre@greenwich.gov.uk
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Thursday July 24 - Sunday 31 August, School Holidays*
Activities including military style drill, dressing up in military uniforms, daily treasure hunt, paintball range, talk live on Firepower's radio station, rolling-rock climbing wall and the chance to fire a genuine World War Two 25 pounder gun.
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Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 July, National Service Weekend
A weekend of nostalgia for all those who 'did their bit'.
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Sunday 10 August, Wargames Event
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Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 September, Open House Weekend
See the inside of the Royal Arsenal's historic Old Military Academy where British History was taught and made.
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Sunday 5 October, Half Marathon To Music
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Saturday 25 October, TA100 event
Activities celebrating 100 years of the Territorial Army
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Monday 27 - 31 October, School Holidays*
Activities including military style drill, dressing up in military uniforms, daily treasure hunt, paintball range, talk live on Firepower's radio station, rolling-rock climbing wall and the chance to fire a genuine World War Two 25 pounder gun.
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Sunday 9 November, Multi-Faith Act of Remembrance
To commemorate the end of the Great War and all those who have given their lives in conflicts since.
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December, School Holidays*
Activities including military style drill, dressing up in military uniforms, daily treasure hunt, paintball range, talk live on Firepower's radio station, rolling-rock climbing wall and the chance to fire a genuine World War Two 25 pounder gun.
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*Some small additional costs
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