Household Cavalry Museum

👻 Are you brave enough for Heads, Hooves and Horror Stories at our museum Late? 💀 Get your Halloween *fix* early with our gruesome guided tour! In this after hours adult-friendly event, we invite you to step back in time and explore the museum in a way you never have before! Wednesday 30 October – 6pm – 7.30pm Boooook now: https://lnkd.in/eQkDr6cJ

The museum is excited to announce that it has been awarded a ‘Family Friendly’ Grant by the Museum Development London and Arts Council England. This grant programme offers London’s non national and non NPO museums the opportunity to develop their offer for children, families and young people, using the Kids in Museums manifesto as a development tool. The grants enable museums to make their galleries and activities more family friendly and accessible. Our project titled ‘Relaxed Early Openings at the Household Cavalry Museum’ will be creating a new sensory morning for children and families with additional needs and requirements. Part of the funding will go towards creating a series of sensory back packs for families to use outside of the early opening events. We look forward to announcing our dates these will be available as we get underway with the project this autumn. With special thanks to: Museum Development London Arts Council England

⭐️ It’s Volunteers’ Week ⭐️ We are celebrating the wonderful volunteers we are lucky to have supporting both our London museum and archive in Windsor. Stay tuned this week as we introduce you to some of the people that bring our experience to life and care for our collection! First up is Roger, ex Life Guard and now Chelsea Pensioner @royalhospitalchelsea A huge thank you to all our volunteers- we really couldn’t do it without you. Have you met any of our volunteers on your visit? We would love to hear from you! 👇Share your stories in the comments 👇 https://lnkd.in/ecC_2sEp

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲 We are offering a limited number of tickets to the Trooping the Colour rehearsal - Brigade Major’s Review on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟬 𝗠𝗮𝘆, 𝟵.𝟯𝟬𝗮𝗺 - 𝟭𝗽𝗺. This is an exclusive event taking place at Horse Guards Parade and includes a behind the scenes tour of the Museum. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱: -Personal tour of the Household Cavalry Museum -Ticketed seat to watch the Brigade Major’s rehearsal for the Parade! Tickets available at £50 for adults and £35 for children. ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴛɪᴄᴋᴇᴛꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴇxᴛʀᴇᴍᴇʟʏ ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ. ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɴᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴠᴏɪᴅ ᴅɪꜱᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ. https://lnkd.in/eUK2dSms

Thanks Alexander Owen, fantastic article

Every morning in London, when the Household Cavalry ride out through the streets it’s called the Regimental Watering Order. It happens six days a week, over 300 days a year and has been going on for over 300 years. For Londoners, if you haven’t actually witnessed the act itself, you’ve probably passed echoes of its centuries long practice in your daily life. When King Charles II first formed his mounted bodyguard - the Life Guards, and later the Royal Horse Guards (Blues) – barracks and organised stabling simply didn’t exist. Instead, Troops would be spread across the city, billeted in inns, where they would utilise the equine infrastructure of a city which numbered its equine inhabitants by the hundreds of thousands. But 18th and 19th Century London was still a city where almost all drew their water from wells, public fountains and rain butts. If you ride or own horses, you’ll know well the importance of keeping a horse hydrated. An average sized cavalry horse (or Cavalry Black) needs to drink upwards of 60 litres a day – that’s over 100 pints for comparison. This is a tricky logistical proposition in a world of limited running water. The answer was found in the Watering Order. Each Troop would rise, muck out, groom, tack up and then ride out from their billet to a place where water could be found in abundance for their horses. This could be a stream or lake on a common, or a brook on the outskirts of the city (pictured). In later centuries, as the city sprawled, it might be found at one of the many stone troughs provided by London boroughs. There’s a great example of one of these troughs on Wimbledon Common. But Watering Order served more than one purpose. By trotting to heathland or common as a troop, the soldiers could exercise their horses, keeping them in good condition. And the troopers themselves could conduct low level riding drills and fitness training. Indeed, these are the same reasons the Household Cavalry still trot through the streets of London today. An hour of active trot a day is essential for the health, welfare and condition of the herd. The results speak for themselves when we see the Regiment on parade trotting down the Mall. Needless to say the incident we saw this week is vanishingly rare over three centuries of Watering Orders. We hope all involved are on the mend. #london #horses #britisharmy

Every morning in London, when the Household Cavalry ride out through the streets it’s called the Regimental Watering Order. It happens six days a week, over 300 days a year and has been going on for over 300 years. For Londoners, if you haven’t actually witnessed the act itself, you’ve probably passed echoes of its centuries long practice in your daily life. When King Charles II first formed his mounted bodyguard - the Life Guards, and later the Royal Horse Guards (Blues) – barracks and organised stabling simply didn’t exist. Instead, Troops would be spread across the city, billeted in inns, where they would utilise the equine infrastructure of a city which numbered its equine inhabitants by the hundreds of thousands. But 18th and 19th Century London was still a city where almost all drew their water from wells, public fountains and rain butts. If you ride or own horses, you’ll know well the importance of keeping a horse hydrated. An average sized cavalry horse (or Cavalry Black) needs to drink upwards of 60 litres a day – that’s over 100 pints for comparison. This is a tricky logistical proposition in a world of limited running water. The answer was found in the Watering Order. Each Troop would rise, muck out, groom, tack up and then ride out from their billet to a place where water could be found in abundance for their horses. This could be a stream or lake on a common, or a brook on the outskirts of the city (pictured). In later centuries, as the city sprawled, it might be found at one of the many stone troughs provided by London boroughs. There’s a great example of one of these troughs on Wimbledon Common. But Watering Order served more than one purpose. By trotting to heathland or common as a troop, the soldiers could exercise their horses, keeping them in good condition. And the troopers themselves could conduct low level riding drills and fitness training. Indeed, these are the same reasons the Household Cavalry still trot through the streets of London today. An hour of active trot a day is essential for the health, welfare and condition of the herd. The results speak for themselves when we see the Regiment on parade trotting down the Mall. Needless to say the incident we saw this week is vanishingly rare over three centuries of Watering Orders. We hope all involved are on the mend. #london #horses #britisharmy

ᴇxʜɪʙɪᴛɪᴏɴ: ᴡᴇᴅ 6 ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ - ꜱᴜɴ 21 ᴀᴘʀ We are delighted to be displaying four portraits of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment by Ripley in an exhibition at the Museum. Twelve portraits were gifted as the official Coronation present from the Household Cavalry to His Majesty King Charles III. They were presented by Ripley and senior Officers from the Household Cavalry to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on 15 June 2023. You can also pick up cards and momentos of this exhibition in our shop. The Household Cavalry Regiment #householdcavalry #horseguards #london #londonrooftops #rooftoplondon #trumpeter #drumhorse #poppy #poppies #horses #horsesofinstagram #fineart #fineartlondon #britisharmy #thingstodoinlondon #londonexhibitions #letsdolondon #towerbridge #trafalgarsquare

New year, new opportunities! We are looking for new museum volunteers and we would love for you to join us to be a part of our friendly, dynamic and engaging team: - Volunteer museum assistant - ⁠Volunteer tour guide Visit our website via the link in bio to find out more. *we make a good cup of tea & coffee! We look forward to hearing from you. https://lnkd.in/ecC_2sEp

Definitely worth a visit to us to see one of Marengo's hoofs