Guards Museum

We really enjoyed a tour here given by Peter. There are guard boxes that you can stand in at the top of the stairs outside the museum for a free photo op. The museum is down the stairs. Call if you need an elevator/lift. There is a kids’ activity thing to keep their interest. The kids we saw there were enjoying themselves. There are chairs here and there if you need to sit. There are no restrooms/toilets available, so use the restrooms in St James’ Park across the road by one of the cafes and playground. There were lots of relics from past wars, and many items had interesting stories. There were ‘tap here’ spots on the cases that I presume were for the audio guides.

I enjoyed my visit to the guards museum very much. You don't need to pre-book for entrance. Nice friendly woman on the entrance who gave me an audio guide (didn't have a clue how it worked though, so didn't use it). Lots of displays here, including uniforms, firearms, pictures, medals and fascinating background to the history of the guards. It took about an hour to walk round, depending on how much you read on the displays.

A nice little museum that is reasonably priced and is well organised, The only downfall is they don't have toilets for customers to use.