Where: Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, SW3

What: The national army museum is the british army's own museum. It is the only museum to tell the story of the army as a whole, from Agincourt in the fifteenth century to peace-keeping in the twenty-first century.

The museum has galleries ranging from the napoleonic wars to the first and second world wars, weapons such as swords and machine guns, medals, pictures, insignia, plus uniforms from the 17th-century English civil war to operation desert storm are shown.

Try out kit from different eras, marvel at a huge model of Waterloo, explore a reproduction of a WWI trench and test modern 'military' skills in exciting interactive challenges. Look at portraits by Reynolds and Gainsborough, a lamp used by Florence Nightingale, and even the skeleton of Napoleon's horse!

The ordinary soldier's story through 600 years of history is brought vividly to life.

Nearest underground station: Sloane Square

Museum opening times: daily 10:00 - 17:30. Closed 1 January, Good Friday, Early May Bank Holiday and 24 - 26 December.

Admission: (2005) entrance is free.

Website: national-army-museum.ac.uk