Editing Woolwich (section)

== Education and culture ==
[[File:Woolwich, public art collage.jpg|thumb|280px|Public art works in Woolwich]]
The [[University of Greenwich]]'s dramatic arts department is based in the historic [[Bathway Quarter]] in the centre of Woolwich. The old Grand Theatre, which briefly reopened in the 2010s, closed in 2015. The Tramshed, until 1953 an electricity sub-station for the borough's [[tram]]ways, is a music and entertainment venue run by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.<ref>[http://www.glypt.co.uk/tramshed/tramshedhistory/ History of the Tramshed], Greenwich & Lewisham Young People's Theatre.</ref> Woolwich currently has no movie theatres. Cinemas are included in the plans for Spray Street quarter and the Island site.<ref>[http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/downloads/downloads/id/2533/spray_street_supplementary_planning_document_consultation_statement_january_2015.pdf Spray Street Masterplan]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Greenwich Council, January 2015.</ref><ref>[https://fromthemurkydepths.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/second-cinema-coming-to-woolwich-as-part-of-new-310-home-scheme/ Second cinema coming to Woolwich as part of new 310-home scheme] on ''fromthemurkydepths.wordpress.com'', 8 October 2016</ref>

Woolwich has one museum, the [[Greenwich Heritage Centre]] at the Royal Arsenal ([[Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum]] closed in 2016 after having been based in Woolwich for almost two centuries). Second Floor Studios in the [[Woolwich Dockyard]] area is one of London's largest concentrations of artists'  [[studio]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.secondfloor.co.uk/|title=Artists Studios London &#124; no format Gallery|website=Second Floor Studios & Arts}}</ref> The town has a number of public sculptures: one of Roman origin, several statues and reliefs from the 19th and early 20th centuries, and a number of modern sculptures. One of the [[Woolwich Arsenal station|Woolwich Arsenal DLR station]] entrances features a large mural in tiles by [[Michael Craig-Martin]].
{{see also|List of public art in Greenwich#Woolwich}}
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