Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum  Firepower: The Royal Artillery Museum was a military museum in Woolwich in south-east London which told the story of the Royal Artillery and of the Royal Arsenal. The museum was a renewal of the Royal Artillery Museum, with roots in Woolwich stretching back to the eighteenth century. The museum closed in 2016 but is expected to reopen in Wiltshire in 2022. The collection was housed in some of the former buildings of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, which was Britain's principal ordnance manufacturing facility from the late 17th century until the mid-20th century. The Royal Regiment of Artillery was formed in the Arsenal in 1716 and the regiment had its home in Woolwich for over 290 years. The forerunner of the Royal Artillery Museum was the Royal Military Repository, which was established on the Royal Arsenal site in May 1778. After a fire in 1802, the surviving artefacts were rehoused in the Old Royal Military Academy. In 1820 the main collection was moved to the Rotunda on Woolwich Common where it was opened to the public for the first time; the museum remained in the Rotunda for the next 180 years. The collection then moved back into the Arsenal, where Firepower opened to the public in April 2001. All of Firepower's buildings were once part of the Royal Laboratory Department, which controlled the manufacture of ammunition; they are for the most part Grade II listed. The adjacent Greenwich Heritage Centre tells the story of the local people of Greenwich who worked in the Arsenal and made the guns. The following buildings were leased to Firepower by Greenwich London Borough Council, or were previously used by the museum's predecessor: Firepower closed in July 2016 and its buildings were acquired by Greenwich Council, which has hopes of establishing a "significant new cultural and heritage quarter" on the site. The relocation of the museum was described by a board member as a "missed opportunity". Greenwich Heritage Centre tried to fill the gap by creating a new permanent exhibition "Making Woolwich: The Royal Regiment of Artillery in Woolwich". The project was supported amongst others by the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Royal Artillery Museums Ltd, Friends of the Royal Artillery Collections and the Royal Artillery Historical Trust. It is planned that the Royal Artillery Museum will be re-established on a site at Avon Camp West, adjacent to the village of Netheravon. , a new two-storey building is scheduled to open in spring 2022. Until then, the exhibits are being stored and conserved in a museum store in Wiltshire, but there is no public access.