Even during this time of isolation there’s no reason for the fun to stop completely. Inspired by the Household Cavalry who are carrying on like the troopers they truly are, we thought we’d bring you some virtual fun to enjoy from the comfort of your own home.
Why not start with a Virtual Tour of the Museum?
Walk around at your leisure here.
Enjoy some arts and crafts at home by downloading some Cavalry colouring in pages.
Unleash your inventive side and accept our design challenge.
Be your own quiz-master and test the family with some fun facts.
Name our horses! Each year when they complete training our horses are given their official name in line with that year’s chosen letter (running in alphabetical order). The next set of names all will start with the letter ‘U’ and we need your help choosing good ones.
Tag us in social media with your ideas, or have some fun writing us a letter and we’ll put the best ones forward for consideration.
Try out our new weekly podcast – Not a Lot of People Know This… by listening to the stories or reading them for yourself.
Accept our Home Challenge and recreate images from our collection at home using whatever ‘tools’ you have to hand. Artistic licence definitely welcome.
Support our soldiers completing 7 marathons in 7 days (by running 282 loops of their garden) and attempt our 282 Challenge: 282 loops of your kitchen table! Split it with your family, take as long as you like and share your photos with us on social media and we’ll reward your efforts with free Museum admission tickets for when we re-open.
Enjoy an armchair adventure care of our Regimental Historian, Christopher Joll who is offering free access to over 50 hours of his audio-books: highly enjoyable entertainment in the comfort of your own home.
Delve into the secrets and mysteries of our Regimental Collection like never before with our new Household Cavalry Museum video series. New episodes weekly.
Enjoy the Christmas season in style with these fun festive family activity sheets.
Please note that between 2-24 September 2024, some of the King’s Life Guard Ceremonial duties will change.
There will be no horses at Horse Guards or 1100hrs Mounted Guard Change during this time.
The soldiers will change from Mounted Review Order to Dismounted Review Order. Dismounted soldiers will still be seen daily in the Tilt Yard between 1000hrs and 1600hrs, with a dismounted Guard change ceremony taking place at 1100hrs and the traditional 1600 hrs parade. This is to allow essential infrastructure maintenance to take place.
The public will also continue to see the dismounted soldiers on duty at Horse Guards on a daily basis during this time.
This does mean that there will be no horses to see through our glass viewing window in the museum during this period but the museum will remain open.