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  1. Explore King Richard IIIs story through interactive displays at the King Richard III Visitor Centre, where he was discovered and identified by DNA testing. Award-winning Displays tell the story of how the Duke of Gloucester became King of England and Lord of Ireland.

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      The King Richard III Visitor Centre is open from 10am every...

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      Discover more of King Richard III’s story, Medieval...

  2. King Richard III Visitor Centre is a museum in Leicester, England that showcases the life of King Richard III and the story of the discovery, exhumation, and reburial of his remains in 2012–2015.

  3. In August 2012, remains believed to be of King Richard III were discovered in a car park. Following this, Leicester City Council transformed the adjacent historic Alderman Newton’s Grammar School into the King Richard III Visitor Centre, which opened on 26 July 2014.

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  4. In 2012, the world looked on in awe as Leicester unveiled a mystery that had been hidden for over five centuries – the remains of King Richard III. What began as an ambitious search transformed into a discovery that captivated global imagination.

  5. Jul 27, 2014 · Leicester’s new King Richard III Visitor Centre opened on Saturday. The £4 million ($6.8 million) museum was built in the former Alderman Newton Boy’s School, a Victorian brick building that over the years has housed a boy’s school, a girl’s school and most recently the Leicester Grammar School which closed in 2008.

  6. Apr 19, 2015 · Across the street from Leicester Cathedral, Richard’s final resting place, lies the brand new, state-of-the-art, King Richard III Visitor’s Centre. Built only two years ago, around the spot where Richard was discovered in September 2012, the centre boasts an impressive array of items from the dig and Richard’s time to provide visitor’s ...

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  8. Visit Richard III’s grave site, where his remains were buried for more than 500 years and the award-winning café and exhibition about his life, death and one of the greatest archaeological detective stories ever told. The award-winning King Richard III Visitor Centre is in Leicester City centre's Old Town, opposite Leicester Cathedral where ...

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