Buttons, blood and bright red tunics: Inside the revamped Guards Museum

The large and surprisingly little known Guards Museum near Buckingham Palace has revamped some of its displays and starts with an unexpected story of soldier buttons.The museum tells the history of the five regiments of Foot Guards, namely the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards, and ranges from their foundation up to the modern day. So a visit is a walk through history as brightly coloured uniforms worn in combat were slowly supplanted by the far more practical combat wear worn