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World Rugby Museum
The World Rugby Museum in the East Stand of Twickenham Stadium formerly opened as ‘The Museum of Rugby’ in 1996. It became the World Rugby Museum in 2007. It holds the largest collection of rugby memorabilia in the world.

Twickenham Stadium Tours
Twickenham Stadium Tours take you behind the scenes to visit the most exciting and prestigious parts of Twickenham Stadium. Highlights of the tour include the England dressing room and player’s tunnel. Also included are the royal box, hospitality suites, medical room, view from the top of the stand and pitch-side walk.

The tour is operated in partnership with The World Rugby Museum and the price of the tour includes admission to the Museum.

Opening Times
Tuesday to Saturdays: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm where the last entrance into the Museum is at 4:30 pm. Sundays: 11.00 pm to 5.00 pm where the last entrance into the Museum is at 4.30 pm. The Museum is closed to non-ticket holders on fixture days and closed on events days.

Prices
Museum: Adult £7.00 Concessions £5.00

Museum & Tour: Adult £15.00 Concessions £9.00 Family Ticket £45

Group rates are available on enquiry.

Exhibitions
The World Rugby Museum has several fluid exhibition spaces allowing it to rotate exhibits and curate a programme of regular special and temporary exhibitions. In the past these have included exhibitions on: Overseas Touring Sides, Women’s Rugby, Twickenham Stadium and Rugby Art.

Permanent exhibitions include: The Twickenham Wall of Fame, The Birth of Rugby and The World of Rugby.

Twickenham Wall of Fame
The Wall of Fame was opened by Martin Johnson on 3rd June 2005. It is a celebration of the best players from all over the world to have played at Twickenham Stadium. In 2010 to celebrate Twickenham Stadium’s centenary Martin Johnson was voted ‘Player of the Century’ whilst Philippe Saint-Andre’s try against England in 1991 was voted ‘Try of the Century’.

Education
The World Rugby Museum’s education facilities predominantly comprise its ‘Workshops and Seminars’ programme. Workshops involve a series of hands-on, curriculum-focused active-learning sessions, such as: ‘Rugby Strips & Textiles’, ‘What Kind of Rugby Player Are You?’ and ‘How to be a Rugby Fitness Coach’. Seminars are delivered by professionals from within the Rugby Football Union and include: ‘Twickenham Control’, ‘Commercial Twickenham’ and ‘Pro Sports Coaching’. ‘Workshops and Seminars’ received the Sandford Award for Heritage Education in 2010 and the Quality Badge for Learning Outside the Classroom in 2009 and 2011.

Collections
The World Rugby Museum has the most extensive and important collection of rugby football memorabilia in the world and includes over 10,000 recorded objects, 7,000 pieces of archival material and 7-8,000 photographs. It includes the RFU collection, the Harry Langton Collection and the RFU Rugby Archive. The World Rugby Museum is a museum of international rugby history and includes objects from all over the globe.

Rugby Archive
The World Rugby Museum boasts the largest and most complete collection of rugby-related material anywhere in the world. The archive does not operate a lending facility but students and private researchers can use the resource upon appointment.

Location and Access
The World Rugby Museum is located in the East Stand of Twickenham Stadium. Tickets are purchased from the Rugby Store located in the South Stand.

Rugby Football Foundation
The World Rugby Museum comes under the umbrella of the Rugby Football Foundation, a charitable trust established by the Rugby Football Union.