What's on
Discover the Household Cavalry Museum. Explore our events and combine your visit to the Household Cavalry Museum with one of the daily parades.
Activity
Family fun
Future Troopers: Make a Household Cavalry helmet
Fri 29th May 2026
1:00 pm
- 2:30 pm
Design, decorate, and take home your very own Household Cavalry helmet this half term!
Activity
Family fun
Royal Tales: The King Who Hid in a Tree
Fri 29th May 2026
11:30 am
- 12:00 pm
Gather round and hear the true story of how Charles II hid in an oak tree to escape - perfect for curious kids this half term.
Activity
Family fun
Future Troopers: Make a Household Cavalry helmet
11:00 am
- 12:30 pm
Design, decorate, and take home your very own Household Cavalry helmet this half term!
Activity
Family fun
Hooves & History: The Charles II Trail
Mon 25th May 2026 - Sat 30th May 2026
10:00 am
- 6:00 pm
Celebrate Oak Apple Day with a fun family trail - spot hidden oak leaves and acorns around the museum.
Activity
Family fun
Make Your Own Mini Household Cavalry Uniforms
11:00 am
- 12:30 pm
Make your own mini Household Cavalry uniforms that you can take home with you
Activity
Family fun
Junk Tank Model Making
11:00 am
- 12:30 pm
Create your very own army tanks out of recycled materials.
Family fun
Tours
Family Tour: Animal Adventures
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
A unique tour focusing on the animals of the Household Cavalry, both horses and beyond. Perfect for Families.
Family fun
Make Your Own Horse Decorations
11:00 am
- 12:30 pm
Combine your visit to the museum with a crafts activity for the children as we make mini horse decorations.
Family fun
Make Your Own Cavalry New Years Card
10:00 am
- 11:30 am
Bring your little ones to the museum and join us for a fun, hands-on session making New Year’s cards.
Family fun
Make Your Own Clay Christmas Decorations
11:00 am
- 12:30 pm
We invite you to join us in making clay Christmas decorations, right in time for Christmas!
Family fun
Christmas Object Handling Session
11:00 am
- 12:30 pm
Have you ever wanted to take a closer look at some museum artefacts?
Family fun
Make Your Own Princess Mary Gift Tin
10:00 am
- 12:30 pm
Join us for a hands-on arts and crafts session, where you can make your very own Princess Mary Gift Tin!
Activity
Family fun
Cavalry Craft: Medal Making
11:00 am
- 12:30 pm
Join us for our medal making workshop.
Family fun
Poppy craft activities
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Create, remember, and take home a symbol of remembrance.
Activity
Family fun
Remembrance Object Handling
10:00 am
- 12:00 pm
Explore history through touch with our special Remembrance Object Handling sessions.
Family fun
Cavalry Craft: Soldier & Horse Finger Puppets
11:30 am
- 1:00 pm
Join us for our soldier and horse finger puppet making session.
Family fun
Cavalry Craft: Sensory Horse
11:30 am
- 1:00 pm
Join us for a fun and creative make your own horse activity.
Family fun
Cavalry Craft: Cavalry Helmet
Make your own Household Cavalry Helmet in our crafty hands on session!
Family fun
Cavalry Craft: Fridge Magnet Making
11:30 am
- 1:00 pm
Join us for a fun and creative magnet-making session inspired by the Household Cavalry!
Family fun
Mini Troopers: Marvellous Medals
11:30 am
- 1:00 pm
Looking for a fun and creative way to keep the kids entertained this May half term? Join us at the Household Cavalry Museum for our Marvellous Medals craft activity and exciting Children’s Medal Trail!
Family fun
Relaxed Early Opening
9:15 am
- 11:15 am
Enjoy the collection without the usual sounds.
Family fun
February Half Term: Horses
10:00 am
- 12:30 pm
Join in the fun at the Household Cavalry Museum, this Feb Half Term and take part in our family activities!
Daily Ceremonies at Horse Guards
Combine your visit to the Household Cavalry Museum with one of the daily parades.
Daily Ceremony
The King’s Life Guard
Monday
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Wednesday
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Friday
11:00 am
The King’s Life Guard is conducted by soldiers of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment at Horse Guards. Horse Guards is named after the troops who have mounted The King’s Life Guard here since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
The ceremony has remained mostly unchanged for over 350 years.
Daily Ceremony
4 O’Clock Inspection
Every day
4:00 pm
At 4pm every day in the courtyard on the Whitehall side of Horse Guards, a short ceremony takes place that brings an end to the sentry duties of the two mounted Household Cavalry in the sentry boxes.
The two troopers on horseback, along with six guards on foot, will form a line in the courtyard, where they are inspected by an officer in the regiment who will have ridden down from Knightsbridge Barracks by Hyde Park to do so. Once satisfied, the officer dismisses the troopers, ending the Mounted Guard’s duties for the day.
