World Rugby Museum

World Rugby Museum is located in Twickenham stadium, England. In 1983, The Rugby Football Union decided to build a museum at Twickenham to showcase the rugby match items that were collected over the years and in 1986, the World Rugby Museum was established.

The collection of the museum informs the visitors how rugby became a renowned international sport. The collected items in the museum are from all around the world. The items were collected from players, clubs, collectors or purchased in auction. It gives a chance to the visitors to relive some of the best historic moments of the game on interactive screens.

The collected items list includes- famous player’s objects, books, old photographs, letters, signed postcards, tickets of memorable matches, videos and equipments. The videos of many unforgettable matches are also available in the museum.

The museum hosts many conferences and exhibitions. Women’s Rugby World Cup special exhibition opened in August 2010 and shows posters and objects from previous World Cups. The exhibition gives information about the past World Cups and some memorable games. There is a Player’s experience section that shows World Cup experience from a player’s point of view.

The Wall of Fame of the museum includes some of the greatest players of all times like- Jonah Lomu, JPR Williams, Danie Gerber, Adrian Stoop, Hugo Porta, Martin Johnson and many others.

The museum also provides tours for school children. Seminars and workshops are organized that turns out as a learning experience for students and gives them an opportunity to understand the depth of the game.

Adrian Stoop’s Harlequins cap was chosen as the object for the month of January 2011. He played for Harlequins from 1901 to 1939.

Tour to Twickenham stadium from the museum gives an opportunity to visit England’s dressing room, player’s tunnel and the view of the arena.