Guards Museum

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  • Address
    Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, Westminster, SW1E 6HQ
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  • Phone
    7414 3271
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  • Feb-Dec: 10:00 - 16:00

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Lonely Planet review

If you found the crowds at the Change of Guards tiresome and hard to see, get here by , any day from April to August, to see the guards in formation outside the museum for their march up to Buckingham Palace. Then check out the history of the five regiments of foot guards and their role in military campaigns from Waterloo on, in this little museum established in the 17th century during the reign of Charles II.

There are uniforms, oil paintings, medals, curios and memorabilia that belonged to the soldiers. Perhaps the biggest draw here is the huge collection of toy soldiers in the shop.