Royal Hercules Comes to the Wallace Collection
A special loan with a fascinating history has recently arrived at the Wallace Collection. Thanks to the generosity of a private collector, visitors to the Collection can over the coming … Read More
Knights in shining armour: Books from the library of Claude Blair
Soon after the death of Claude Blair in February 2010, the Wallace Collection purchased a large section of the library of this eminent scholar in the field of arms and … Read More
Un ouvrage curieux, galant et badin …
One of the joys of being a library cataloguer is that you never quite know what kind of book is going to land on your desk next. Given the general … Read More
Filming the conservation of Marie-Antoinette’s commode
Over the past year the Wallace Collection has embarked upon an exciting collaboration with film production company, Chocolate Films, to produce ‘behind-the-scenes’ shorts illuminating works of art and museum events … Read More
Special Event: A Day in the Seventeenth Century!
Free, drop-in special event On Saturday 12 January, 11am – 4pm, travel back in time to the seventeenth century… Activites include: Meet characters from the seventeenth century Join Tabla and … Read More