The Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection is a national museum in an historic London town house, which displays the wonderful works of art collected in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the son of the 4th Marquess. It was bequeathed to the British nation by Sir Richard's widow, Lady Wallace, in 1897.
Displayed at Hertford House, one of the family's London properties in the nineteenth century, the Wallace Collection presents its outstanding collections in a sumptuous but approachable manner which is an essential part of its charm.
In 25 galleries are unsurpassed displays of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury.
Schools
The Wallace Collection’s Education Department offers dynamic and active educational opportunities for a range of audiences. Catering for pupils aged 4 to 18, our FREE, fun, interactive sessions aim to bring the objects alive to all children through looking, discussion, drawing or object handling. All sessions have a practical element and take place in the galleries and sometimes in our studio.
