The Royal Armouries Museum Leeds

The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds is part of 3 sites that are home to he UKs collection of arms and armour.
The other 2 sites are the Tower of London (Which was the original and the UKs oldest museum) and Fort Nelson in Portsmouth.

The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds has 5 galleries for you to explore and some highlights include;

• Henry the 8ths foot combat armour
• a full-size elephant armour including tusk
•  swords from the 16th Century
• from the film ‘Aliens’ the famous ‘Pulse rifle.

Leeds is know for its live jousting competitions with knights in armour and also other live combat exhibitions.
As well as the permanent collection the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds has various exhibitions.

See the official website (Link on this page) for current exhibitions details.
Fortunately the Royal Armouries Museum does NOT have an admission fee.