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[[File:South_face_of_the_Waterloo_Barracks,_Tower_of_London,_2009.jpg|thumb|Waterloo Barracks, site of the museum]]
The '''Heralds' Museum''' was a museum of [[heraldry]] run by the [[College of Arms Trust]] at the [[Tower of London]] during the 1980s. It was situated in the old [[Waterloo Barracks]] within the Tower.

The original idea came from [[Anthony Wagner|Sir Anthony Wagner]], [[Garter Principal King of Arms]].  Wagner hoped to establish a [[museum]] in which to display the treasures of the [[College of Arms]]. A plan for a building adjacent to the college was commissioned from [[Raymond Erith]], but not taken forward due to the increasing financial demands of repairs to the college building.<ref name="obit"/>

In 1980, the Heralds' Museum was opened by the [[Duke of Kent]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TlvoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Heralds'+Museum%22+tower+london|title=The Museums Journal|first1=Elijah|last1=Howarth|first2=F. R.|last2=Rowley|first3=W. Ruskin|last3=Butterfield|first4=Charles|last4=Madeley|date=26 March 1982|publisher=Museums Association|via=Google Books}}</ref> as part of the Tower of London. The museum was open during the summer season and admission was included in admission to the Tower. Exhibits included items from the collection of College of Arms and artifacts borrowed from other sources.<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-anthony-wagner-1618877.html|title=OBITUARY : Sir Anthony Wagner|date=10 May 1995|publisher=}}</ref> [[Peter Spurrier]] served as its curator,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4v0i6yk2R7IC&q=%22Heralds'+Museum%22+tower+london|title=Museum Bulletin|date=26 March 1981|publisher=Museum and Picture Gallery, Baroda|via=Google Books}}</ref> and [[John Brooke-Little]] as its director.<ref name="jbl"/> Sybil Burnaby was its press officer.<ref>Sybil Burnaby, ''The Heralds' Museum at the Tower of London'', [[Museums Journal]], 1982, p. 114.</ref>

The museum closed later in the 1980s following the reorganization of the Royal Palaces.<ref name="jbl">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1510576/John-Brooke-Little.html|title=John Brooke-Little|date=16 February 2006|publisher=|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

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[[Category:Tower of London]]
[[Category:Defunct museums in London]]
[[Category:Heraldic sites]]
[[Category:British heraldry]]

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