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Here are some of the things you can discover in the Inside the Arsenal exhibition:

The story of the many listed buildings on the site including the architectural influences of the Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor.
How Henry Maudslay moved on from being a ‘powder monkey’ to become a leading industrial innovator of his day.
Why Donald Adolphus Brown was a hero.
The dark tales of the Woolwich ‘Dusthole’.
Why graffiti was a problem even in 1778.
What life was like for the children employed at the Arsenal in Victorian times.
What the 42-tonne Mallet’s Mortar was used for.
Whether 14 shillings a month was a good wage for Elizabeth Drynan in 1777.
What happened in 1903 during the Lyddite explosion.
Why Captain Mercer was chased by a rocket at the Battle of Waterloo.
How the Arsenal Railway stretched to nearly 120 miles of track.
The Arsenal’s role in the development of the first atomic bomb.
Dial Square, from Roman graveyard to the birth of Arsenal FC.