National Army Museum
A free museum beside the Royal Hospital in Chelsea covering British Army history from the Civil War to today, across five galleries, with hands-on displays and a cafe.
- Museum
- Price: Free
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Did you know
The museum reopened in March 2017 after a three-year, roughly £23.75m rebuild that created five new galleries.
Local tip
Free entry Tuesday to Sunday 10am-5.30pm; it is closed on Mondays and a few days over Christmas. It is next to the Royal Hospital Chelsea grounds.
Finding it
- Address
- Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4HT
- Nearest station
- Sloane Square (Tube), 742 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Royal Hospital ChelseaThe Wren-designed retirement home of the Chelsea Pensioners, with a Soane stable yard, a Wren chapel and tours led by the scarlet-coated veterans themselves.
- Chelsea Physic GardenA walled botanical garden founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries to grow medicinal plants, now England's second-oldest botanic garden and home to Britain's largest outdoor fruiting olive tree.
- Saatchi GalleryA contemporary art gallery in the former Duke of York's Headquarters off the King's Road, spread across 15 exhibition spaces and 70,000 square feet.
- Battersea ParkA Victorian riverside park with a boating lake, a bandstand, a children's zoo and a Japanese Peace Pagoda, laid out by Sir James Pennethorne.