Wallace Collection
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About Wallace Collection

The Wallace Collection is a national museum, displaying superb works of art in an historic London town house. The collection was acquired principally in the 19thC by the third and fourth Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the illegitimate son of the fourth Marquess. The twenty eight rooms present collections of French 18thC painting, furniture and porcelain together with paintings by Titian, Canaletto, Rembrandt and Gainsborough. Collection of arms and armour, miniatures, French and Italian sculpture.

Some of the rooms have recently been beautifully refurbished and the restaurant is now The Wallace Restaurant, run by Oliver Peyton.

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Opening Times Open every day 10:00 - 17:00
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Wallace Collection Address

Address:
Hertford House, Manchester Square, London
London
W1U 3BN
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7563 9516
Fax: +44 (0)20 7224 2155
Email:
Website: http://www.wallacecollection.org/entertain

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Location Information for Wallace Collection

Address:
Hertford House, Manchester Square, London
London
W1U 3BN
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7563 9516
Fax: +44 (0)20 7224 2155
Email:
Website: http://www.wallacecollection.org/entertain
Public transport: Bond Street, London Underground
By Road: Turn left down Oxford St, cross over to the right hand side of the road, turn right up Duke St and cross over into Wigmore St. In Manchester Sq the Wallace Collection is

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It's not only the magnificent works by Titian, Rembrandt, Hals and Velàquez that make the national museum, the Wallace Collection such a veritable gem. It's also the way these works are displayed: in the sumptuous domestic setting of the former owners, Sir Richard and Lady Wallace's grand townhouse.
 

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  Latest 5 reviews of Wallace Collection

Not to be missed by either the arty or the frugal!

A short walk from either Marble Arch or Bond Street is the Wallace collection. There are some amazing finds, from Madame Pompadour's Sevres china tea sets to jewelry from the medieval era to an...

A short walk from either Marble Arch or Bond Street is the Wallace collection. There are some amazing finds, from Madame Pompadour's Sevres china tea sets to jewelry from the medieval era to an astounding collection of armory and portraits. There is something for everyone's taste. And best of all, admission is free. They serve a wonderful tea, and you're not crowded. It was nice to be able to just be able to soak in the ambiance and take my time. I'm still sure I missed things, though, there's just that much to see. Set in the original house, you are spared the sterilised tour experience.

 
5.0
11 November 2009
by mrago, DC
 

If you really want to feel what it was like to be in a posh London 18th century home

The pieces are over the top, but the layout within the home helps you to imagine what life for the privelage might have been like. After you've done all the typical tourist attractions, come to this...

The pieces are over the top, but the layout within the home helps you to imagine what life for the privelage might have been like. After you've done all the typical tourist attractions, come to this musuem-its a gem for your London experience. And stay for the cafe! We had tea, but also saw families and business meetings happening in the atrium cafe.

 
5.0
5 October 2009
by StaciaEH, Oakland, California
 

Outstanding Collection -Difficult to Beat

The Wallace Collection in London, little known but truely a gem and not very well known. You need to search it out and perhaps do a little walking or just get a cab. The children may well love...

The Wallace Collection in London, little known but truely a gem and not very well known. You need to search it out and perhaps do a little walking or just get a cab.

The children may well love it, fantastic collection of armour, paintings pottery etc everything, will take you way more time to see it all than you expect. Do allow at least 4 hours to visit, really great collection my family loved it and we will go again for sure and we live 6000 miles away

 
5.0
18 September 2009
by Englishman35, Phoenix, AZ
 

Stunning

Its great. You should go, even if you only pop in, (admission is free and its in the center of London, near to other tourist attractions), but there's a good chance you'll spend much longer than you...

Its great. You should go, even if you only pop in, (admission is free and its in the center of London, near to other tourist attractions), but there's a good chance you'll spend much longer than you planned for there.

The collection and interior of the house are beautiful and magnificent. You can see Fragonard's 'The Swing'. I recommend looking at the website.

http://www.wallacecollection.org/index.php

 
5.0
21 July 2009
by squirrel_frog, London
 

Amazing

The Wallace Collection had been on our to-do list for several London visits and we went there on a Sunday morning in June and we agree with the previous reviews that.. “It is simply amazing...

The Wallace Collection had been on our to-do list for several London visits and we went there on a Sunday morning in June and we agree with the previous reviews that.. “It is simply amazing!”……… Although much larger than we were expecting it is very intimate and comfortable to visit . As all the previous reviewers have said the collection is fantastic, however the quality and style of the décor and finish of all areas of the building is also to be admired.

The museum has a restaurant in the enclosed courtyard offering excellent food at all times of the day and we will be back to this very stylish oasis just off Oxford Street many times to enjoy lunches or afternoon teas etc.

 
5.0
8 June 2009
by MandC, Scotland
 

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Events at Wallace Collection

  • Arms and Armour

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    Numerically, the European and Oriental Armoury collections total nearly 2,500 objects, by far the largest part of the Wallace Collection as a whole. The array of Oriental arms, armour and related works of art, chosen specifically for their fine craftsmanship, Eastern opulence and exotic beauty, were acquired mainly in Paris by the Fourth Marquess of Hertford prior to his death in 1870.

     

  • A Sixteenth-Century Iznik Dish

    Exhibition

    1 Jan 2009 to 30 Apr 2010

    This beautiful dish is wonderfully evocative of the sixteenth-century Ottoman court culture in which Iznik ceramics flourished. As the centre of Turkish ceramic production, Iznik supplied the tiles and dishes which decorated the palaces and mosques of the great empire of Suleyman the Magnificent (1520-1566). Key to the popularity of Iznik ceramics was the strong, clean white ground which allows the coloured slip (clay diluted with water) decoration to shine bright. This type of ceramic was produced in part to emulate and compete with the fine white porcelains imported from the Far East by the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The technique of making porcelain was unknown to the Iznik craftsmen at this time, instead they recreated its aesthetic appearance by coating the brown fritware body in a white slip.

     

  • Ceramics

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    The great strengths of the ceramics collection are the 18th Century French Sèvres porcelain and the Italian Renaissance maiolica. There are small holdings of 18th Century Meissen and Chinese Celadon porcelain, Spanish medieval pottery, Iznik fritware, German stonewares and earthenwares, and Italian and French lead-glazed earthenwares, including Palissy ware.

     

  • Damien Hirst: The Blue Paintings

    Exhibition

    14 Oct 2009 to 24 Jan 2010

    The Wallace Collection presents an exhibition of 25 new paintings by Damien Hirst created between 2006 and 2008. It marks the artists return to the solitary practice of painting.

     
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