The National Lottery Heritage Fund has given the museum £429,000 to widen participation online, but 'Digital Volunteers' will be key to the project's success.
The Royal Armouries wants to create a 'digital first' culture by engaging an advisory panel of volunteers with an interest in creating new digital content to tell the stories of the collection.
It's part of a plan to create a 'digital first' culture that will "transform the museum’s capacity to produce accessible, engaging, and relevant digital content for its growing audiences".
This will include developing and installing "a new welcome in the form of a digital playground" on site at the museum in Leeds.
The lottery award comes as the Royal Armouries marks the 25th anniversary of its opening in the dockside building.