The Guards Museum : London, Wellington Barracks

The Guards Museum is a military museum in Central London, England. It is located in Wellington Barracks on Birdcage Walk close to Buckingham Palace, which is the home of the five regiments of Foot Guards (the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, and Welsh Guards).

The museum first opened in 1988. It tells the history of the regiments it represents from the 17th century to the present day. The displays include examples of uniform, chronicling the evolving dress of the various regiments. There are also paintings, drawings, and sculptures, depicting the various battles in which the regiments have played a part.

The Museum is committed to providing a safe and secure repository for artefacts belonging to the five regiments of Her Majesty's Foot Guards. The museum strives to make these artefacts available for viewing by members of these regiments as well as by the general public.

The trustees and the curator seek to provide a representative selection of exhibits for display and rotate these from time to time with other exhibits, either from the reserve collection or from items on loan from other collections.

The collection is primarily intended as an educational aid to help young Guardsmen learn about their regimental heritage and to show a wider audience the multi-faceted nature of their operational lives both in combat and on ceremonial duties.




The Curator advises the major broadcasting companies on the military ceremonial aspects of State Occasions.

The museum seeks to assist the Army Heritage Branch in promoting interest in the Army in general and The Guards in particular. We are also committed to upholding the good name and reputation of the Household Division in the preservation and development of the collection and the interpretation of it for future generations.

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[wisserke]

Damn, why didn't I visit this when I was in London ? Looks very nice, Britain really has the best military heritage.

[vkathirvel]

thanks! The place really is awesome!

[j0andc0]

I havent visited there in quite a few years now but an excellent museum to visit.

I believe one of the two captured French colour's at Waterloo is in this museum, the other at Edinburgh castle.

[QUIGGEZ]

Best museum ive ever been to

[ralphyboy1]

sweet this place does look awesome