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Guards Museum

 
 
ADDRESS
Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London SW1E 6HQ 
 
TELEPHONE
020 7414 3271/3428 
 
OPENING TIMES
10am-4pm Daily (last admission 3.30pm) | Closed Dec 16 to Jan 2 | Call ahead on ceremonial days to check opening
 
PRICES
£4 (Adults), £2 (Concs), FREE (Under 16s)
 

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Guards MuseumThe Guards Museum houses a collection of uniforms, colours and artefacts spanning over 300 years of history of the Foot Guards. There are five regiments of Foot Guards: the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards. Along with the two regiments of Household Cavalry they make up Her Majesty's Household Division. These are the servicemen you see at the changing of the guards at the royal residences including Buckingham Palace. Within the museum is the Guards Chapel where Sunday services, accompanied by a choir and the band of one of the regiments of The Household Division, are open to the public. Functions at the museum and private views can be arranged.
 

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Opening and closing times for Guards Museum

Today (Friday) Guards Museum closes at 15.30

Monday:

10.00
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15.30
 
 

Tuesday:

10.00
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15.30
 
 

Wednesday:

10.00
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15.30
 
 

Thursday:

10.00
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15.30
 
 

Friday:

10.00
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15.30
 
 

Saturday:

10.00
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15.30
 
 

Sunday:

10.00
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15.30
 
 
 

Location map of Guards Museum

LondonTown.com - Guards Museum Location Map
Underground Stations

Underground Stations

 
 
Victoria Tube Station
 
8 minutes walk
 
Railway Stations

Railway Stations

 
Victoria Railway Station
 
10 minutes walk
 
 
Car Parks

Car Parks

 
 
Abingdon Masterpark
 
11 minutes walk
 
 
 
THE BEST

Hotels near Guards Museum

Near Guards Museum
St Ermins Hotel London London
St Ermins Hotel London
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 54% off from £160
2 Caxton Street, SW1H | 3 minutes from Guards Museum
A listed Victorian building, this hotel has kept the old English charm beautifully intact while offering guests comfortable rooms and efficient Italian service. It’s located in ...More
 
 
 
The Rubens at the Palace London
The Rubens at the Palace
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 63% off from £129
39 Buckingham Palace Road London, SW1W0PS | 6 minutes from Guards Museum
This is as close to Buckingham Palace as you can get. It’s also nearby Victoria station which is not quite as glamorous but very convenient. There ...More
 
 
 
Thistle Westminster Hotel London
Thistle Westminster Hotel
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 87% off from £76
Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W | 8 minutes from Guards Museum
Centrally located in Victoria, with its entrance on Bressenden Place, the Thistle Westminster is just a few minutes’ walk away from Victoria Tube and train stations. ...More
 
 
 
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Alternative Museums nearest Guards Museum

Nearest to Guards Museum
Churchill War Rooms London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Churchill War Rooms
London > Attractions > Museums
Clive Steps, King Charles Street, Westminster, London SW1A | 9 minutes from Guards Museum
Winston Churchill directed the troops during World War II from a small warren of underground rooms, which are now open to the public. Visitors to the ...More
 
 
 
Household Cavalry Museum London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Household Cavalry Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 13 minutes from Guards Museum
Visitors to the Household Cavalry Museum can watch troopers working with their horses in the original 18th century stables (via a glazed screen) and hear accounts ...More
 
 
 
Garden Museum London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Garden Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Lambeth Palace Road, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 19 minutes from Guards Museum
Situated in the restored church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, adjacent to Lambeth Palace on the banks of the River Thames, the Garden Museum provides an insight into ...More
 
 
 
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Sights and Attractions near Guards Museum

The best museums, galleries, attractions near Guards Museum
Queen's Gallery London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Queen's Gallery
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Buckingham Palace Road, SW1A | 4 minutes from Guards Museum
Once Buckingham Palace's resident chapel, the Queen's Gallery was opened in 1962 and holds regularly changing exhibitions. It allows the general public glimpses of rarely seen ...More
 
 
 
Buckingham Palace London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Buckingham Palace
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1A | 4 minutes from Guards Museum
England's most famous royal palace, and the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace opens the doors of its State Rooms to the public every ...More
 
 
 
Westminster Cathedral London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Westminster Cathedral
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Victoria Street, London, Westminster, London SW1P | 6 minutes from Guards Museum
Neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic Church. London’s only example of neo-Byzantine architecture and principal Roman Catholic Church, offers a magnificent campanile that emerges 274 feet into the sky. While ...More
 
 
 
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Events near Guards Museum

Near Guards Museum
Elizabeth Wallfisch, Jaap Ter Linden And Albert-Jan Roelofs London
Elizabeth Wallfisch, Jaap Ter Linden And Albert-Jan Roelofs
London > Events > Concerts  Dates: Friday 25th May 2012 - 7pm
St John's Smith Square, Smith Square, SW1P | 12 minutes from Guards Museum
The group performs Uccellini's Sonata Ottava In D Minor, L Couperin's Prelude Non Mesure In A Minor, Stradella's Sinfonia In B Flat, F Couperin's Quatrieme Concert ...More
 
 
 
Jane McAdam Freud: Family Matters London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Jane McAdam Freud: Family Matters
London > Events > Exhibitions  Dates: 24th April 2012 to 25th May 2012
Gazelli Art House, 39 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1S | 14 minutes from Guards Museum
The daughter of famed portrait artist Lucian Freud (the subject of a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery until 27th May 2012) and great-granddaughter of ...More
 
 
 
William Fong London
William Fong
London > Events > Concerts  Dates: Friday 25th May 2012 - 1.10pm
St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, W1J | 14 minutes from Guards Museum
Piano recital....More
 
 
 
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Entertainment near Guards Museum

Near Guards Museum
St James Theatre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
St James Theatre
London > Entertainment > Theatres
12 Palace Street, London, SW1E | 5 minutes from Guards Museum
Billed by its operators as 'the first newly built central London theatre in 30 years', St James Theatre opens to the public in September 2012. Built on the ...More
 
 
 
Victoria Palace Theatre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Victoria Palace Theatre
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Victoria Street, London, Victoria, London SW1E | 7 minutes from Guards Museum
The exterior of the Victoria Palace is among the most impressive of any theatre in London. Before the advent of air travel, the giant arch, dome ...More
 
 
 
Westminster Cathedral London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Westminster Cathedral
London > Entertainment > Classical Music
42 Francis Street, London, Westminster, London SW1P | 8 minutes from Guards Museum
Neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic church. London’s only example of neo-Byzantine architecture and principal Roman Catholic Church, offers a magnificent campanile that emerges 274 feet into the sky. While ...More
 
 
 
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Shopping near Guards Museum

The best shops and markets near Guards Museum
Cardinal Place London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Cardinal Place
London > Shopping > Shopping Centres
Victoria Street, Victoria, London, Westminster, London SW1E5JD | 4 minutes from Guards Museum
Cardinal Place is a snazzy new shopping venue in Victoria. Housed under a curvaceous, new-age glass capsule it has become a bit of a visual icon ...More
 
 
 
Lock & Co London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Lock & Co
London > Shopping > Clothing
6 St James's Street, London, St James's, London SW1A | 9 minutes from Guards Museum
Founded in 1676, for centuries Lock & Co. has been the place to shop for a top hat if you're off to Ascot. The quaint shop ...More
 
 
 
John Lobb's & Co London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
John Lobb's & Co
London > Shopping > Shoes
9 St James's Street, London, St James's, London SW1A | 9 minutes from Guards Museum
This historic bootmakers in St James's has been ensuring its well heeled customers remain as such since it was set up by Cornish farmboy John Lobb ...More
 
 
 
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Restaurants near Guards Museum

What are the best dining options near Guards Museum London?
Bank Westminster London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Bank Westminster
London > Restaurants > Brasseries
45 Buckingham Gate, London, Westminster, London SW1E | 2 minutes from Guards Museum
Good value brasserie....More
 
 
 
Quilon London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Quilon
London > Restaurants > Indian/South Asian restaurants
41 Buckingham Gate, St James, , London, Westminster, London SW1E | 2 minutes from Guards Museum
The first and most important thing to say about this gourmet South Indian restaurant is: try the lobster with mango and ginger. Really, even if you ...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Pret A Manger
London > Restaurants > Cafes and Delis
12 Kingsgate Parade, London, Westminster, London SW1E | 4 minutes from Guards Museum
Pret sells up market fast food, hand made from natural ingredients, to take away or eat on site, in its trademark no nonsense chrome interiors. The ...More
 
 
 
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Education near Guards Museum

Near Guards Museum
Courtauld Institute of Art London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Courtauld Institute of Art
London > Education > Arts and Drama
Somerset House, London, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 27 minutes from Guards Museum
The Courtauld is one of the most prestigious art schools in the country, affiliated with the Oxbridge system and boasting a huge private location and prime ...More
 
 
 
King's College Medical School London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
King's College Medical School
London > Education > Medical Schools
Strand, London, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 27 minutes from Guards Museum
Imperial College London is the foremost medical training faculty in the country but for non-medical graduates wishing for a change of career, King’s is the obvious ...More
 
 
 
English [Out There!] London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
English [Out There!]
London > Education > English Language Courses
10 Coptic Street, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 30 minutes from Guards Museum
English [Out There!] takes a very hands-on approach to learning English. The course places an emphasis on using what you have learned. Students are taken out ...More
 
 
 
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Leisure near Guards Museum

Guards Museum gyms, sporting activities, health & beauty and fitness.
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Urban Retreat at Harrods
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
5th Floor, Harrods, London, SW1X | 6 minutes from Guards Museum
Surely one of the most desirable places to spoil yourself rotten - the Urban Retreat flagship spa sits ever so prettily on the top floor of ...More
 
 
 
Green Park London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Green Park
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Piccadilly, London, St James's, London W1J | 9 minutes from Guards Museum
Although many of the parks in London are officially owned by the sovereign, it is the four central London parks (one of which is Green Park) ...More
 
 
 
Catalyst Health and Fitness Ltd London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Catalyst Health and Fitness Ltd
London > Leisure > Fitness
30 Bury Street, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 11 minutes from Guards Museum
Catalyst personal trainers are among the best in London. Get fit without doing yourself an injury, lose weight with a specially devised programme or build your ...More
 
 
 
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Pubs near Guards Museum

The best pubs near London Guards Museum.
Albert Tavern London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Albert Tavern
London > Nightlife > Pubs
52 Victoria Street, London, Westminster, London SW1H | 4 minutes from Guards Museum
...More
 
 
 
The Reform Club London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Reform Club
London > Nightlife > Pubs
104 Pall Mall, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 12 minutes from Guards Museum
Located in the heart of London's traditional Clubland in Pall Mall, The Reform Club was founded in 1836 and was membership was initially restricted to those who ...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Red Lion Pub
London > Nightlife > Pubs
48 Parliament Street, Whitehall, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 13 minutes from Guards Museum
Right across the street from the Houses of Parliament, the Red Lion is perfectly positioned for politicos to pop in for a pint after a heated ...More
 
 
 
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Nightlife near Guards Museum

Guards Museum clubs, bars, cabaret nights, casinos and interesting nightlife.
Zander London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Zander
London > Nightlife > Bars
Crowne Plaza London St James, 45 Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London SW1E | 2 minutes from Guards Museum
This part of Victoria is not renowned for its nightlife so the Zander bar would be something of a find if you were to stumble on ...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Cask & Glass
London > Nightlife > Bars
39 - 41 Palace Street, London, Westminster, London SW1E | 3 minutes from Guards Museum
...More
 
 
 
Pacha London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Pacha
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
Terminus Place, London, Victoria, London SW1V | 8 minutes from Guards Museum
Pacha is the shamelessly glamorous antidote to London's gritty clubbing scene. Their stated intention has always been to recreate the Ibiza experience in London, a policy ...More
 
 
 
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Meeting venue hire near Guards Museum

Where to have your meeting, conference, exhibition, private dining or training course near Guards Museum.
Royal Horticultural Halls & Conference Centre: The Lindley Hall London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Royal Horticultural Halls & Conference Centre: The Lindley Hall
London > Business > Venue Hire
80 Vincent Square, London, Westminster, London SW1P | 6 minutes from Guards Museum
This architecturally unique venue boasts two halls and a conference centre. Lindley Hall, overlooking leafy Vincent Square, is a popular venue for corporate events. Since it ...More
 
 
 
Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre
London > Business > Venue Hire
Greycoat Street, London, Westminster, London SW1P | 8 minutes from Guards Museum
The architecturally unique Royal Horticultural Halls boasts two halls and a conference centre. Lindley Hall overlooking leafy Vincent Square is a popular venue for corporate events. ...More
 
 
 
Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre
London > Business > Venue Hire
Greycoat Street, London, Westminster, London SW1P | 8 minutes from Guards Museum
This architecturally unique venue boasts two halls and a conference centre. Lindley Hall, overlooking leafy Vincent Square, is a popular venue for corporate events. Since it ...More
 
 
 
 
 

What's On Today

Near Guards Museum

 
 
 
 
Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist
Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist
Exhibitions | Until 7th October 2012 

Queen's Gallery 4 minutes walk from Guards Museum

Following on from the huge popularity of the National Gallery's blockbuster Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter At The Court Of Milan ...More

 
Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
Theatre | Until 15th December 2012 

Victoria Palace Theatre 7 minutes walk from Guards Museum

This tale of a boy from a mining community who wants to become a dancer is even more affecting on ...More

 
Lost In London
Clubbing and Nightlife | On 25th May 2012 

Pacha 8 minutes walk from Guards Museum

DJs Cesar Ruiz, Rachel Harvey, I Am Santiago, Masa and Niroshan spin house, electro, Latin and pop....More

Adams Antiques Fair
Exhibitions | Until 9th December 2012 

Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre 8 minutes walk from Guards Museum

The Adams Antique Fair is the longest running Sunday antiques fair in the whole city, having been taking place since ...More

Wicked
Wicked
Theatre | Until 20th July 2012 

Apollo Victoria Theatre 9 minutes walk from Guards Museum

'The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz' introduces us to some very familiar characters, years before they met Dorothy. ...More

 
Ensemble Savadi
Concerts | On 25th May 2012 

St John's Smith Square 12 minutes walk from Guards Museum

The group performs duets and arias by Monteverdi, Rovetta, Strozzi and others....More

Elizabeth Wallfisch, Jaap Ter Linden And Albert-Jan Roelofs
Concerts | On 25th May 2012 

St John's Smith Square 12 minutes walk from Guards Museum

The group performs Uccellini's Sonata Ottava In D Minor, L Couperin's Prelude Non Mesure In A Minor, Stradella's Sinfonia In ...More

Doris Salcedo
Exhibitions | Until 30th June 2012 

White Cube Mason's Yard 13 minutes walk from Guards Museum

Sculptural installations and interventions, featuring an amended version of the major work Plegaria Muda, based on research into life in ...More

Bridget Crone/Plenty Projects
Exhibitions | On 25th May 2012 

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) 13 minutes walk from Guards Museum

Performances by artists including Gail Pickering and Jimmy Robert....More

Thank Funk It's Friday!!
Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 25th May 2012 

Funky Buddha 13 minutes walk from Guards Museum

DJs Nicole B, VY and Will spin funky house, electro and R&B....More

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