The Wallace Collection

Just a few spaces left in our August 'Animal Portraits' art class for adults! Learn techniques of applying acrylics, study the works and palettes of animal painters such as Bonheur and Landseer, and use your skills to create your own animal portrait. Grab your place to avoid disappointment! https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-o n/animal-portraits/

Join today's #BriefEncounter short talk at 1pm - exploring this delicate Pilgrim Flask from the 16th century. ‘Pilgrim flasks’ are so named because their form was inspired by the flasks of similar form which, made from less fragile materials such as leather or metal, were used by travellers such as pilgrims. #WallaceEducation #freeevents

Coming up 4th August - join Andrew Shingleton for a talk exploring the life of Sir Richard Wallace & the history of Hertford House. Followed by a tour of our current exhibition. Talk is supported by a lip-speaker with additional sign and is part of our programme of events for D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors. #AccessEvents
Booking essential at community@wallacecollection.org

English portrait and landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough died on this day, 2 August 1788 (aged 61). Here he paints Miss Elizabeth Haverfield aged around 8 or 9 years. A beautiful example of the artist's late work. #OTD

Curatorial Assistant, Natalie Zimmer, introduces the Richard Wallace trail and treasure hunt - two activities you can do in the museum when you visit, to discover more about Richard Wallace's collection! Just ask at the front desk on your next visit #wallaceeducation #RW200

Our friends and Marylebone neighbours @TrishnaLondon have put together a special 4 course menu for summer to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition‏ - 'Sir Richard Wallace: The Collector' - it's available until the end of August and looks scrumptious! https://www.trishnalondon.com/sir-richard -wallaces-200th-a…/

#WallaceCuratorPick | Falchion, Italian, c. 1550 This extremely fine shortsword, a wide curved blade falchion, was made for Cosimo I de’Medici, duke of Florence, later grand duke of Tuscany - one of the century’s most powerful Italian princes. The blade carries the famous palle (balls) device of the Medici family, encircled by the collar of the Burgundian chivalric Order of the Golden Fleece, of which Cosimo was a member.

August at the Wallace Collection - See what's on this month! #RW200 https://mailchi.mp/…/whats-on-at-the-wa llace-collection-r59…

On this day 31 July 1653, the Battle of Scheveningen (the final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War) took place. In this painting by Willem van de Velde the Younger, the Dutch fireship in the foreground is about to ram the Andrew, commanded by the English Rear-Admiral, Thomas Graves. #OTD

Today at 1pm, join our free tour of Murillo paintings at the Wallace Collection from curatorial assistant, Isabelle Kent. #curators #wallaceeducation #freetalks

Jean-Urbain Guérin's miniature of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and Lady Elisabeth Foster shown here, can be seen as a token of friendship between the two women. They were infamously involved in a love triangle with the Duke of Devonshire in the late 18th century, but developed a strong friendship and perhaps even love for one another in spite of this. #InternationalFriendshipDay

This evening our #HistoryofCollecting seminar series continues with Dr Elizabeth Pergam (Lecturer, @SothebysInst, New York) presenting her paper on "Paris over London: Victorian curator J.C. Robinson's collection at auction" - a free seminar tonight from 5.30pm, all welcome!

Have you heard about our FREE Wallace Youth programme for 14-18 year-olds? Over the course of a year, Wallace Youth learn about the Museum & its collections, plan events for their peers, deliver public talks and produce digital content for the Museum. If this spikes your interest, learn more at our Open Day on the 2nd Sept 2018. A drop-in event from 11am-2pm. email: learning@wallacecollection.org for more info #WallaceYouth #futurecurators #artcareers

Get out of this heat and enjoy a free film screening at the Wallace today, 2pm! We'll be showing Topsy-Turvy, directed by Mike Leigh - a comic look at one of light opera's most famous creative partnerships. Part of our #RW200 film series. Free and all welcome!

Excited to announce we will be welcoming contemporary artist, Jacob van der Beugel as artist in residence at the Wallace Collection this year! Over the next year, Jacob will work closely with museum staff, including senior curators, studying the collection objects and archives as a reference point for a future body of work. Read more: https://www.wallacecollection.org/…/wal lace-collection-wel…/

Australians- Mezzo-Soprano, Lotte Betts-Dean, and pianist, Joseph Havlat, perform in our Great Gallery on the final day of the City Music Foundation Summer Residency...

From our current exhibition 'Sir Richard Wallace: The Collector' - Assistant Curator, Ada de Wit introduces this beautiful boxwood miniature triptych. The detail is exquisite! #RW200

Today's @CityMusicF lunchtime Great Gallery concert stars Australian Musicians - Mezzo-Soprano, Lotte Betts-Dean and Pianist Joseph Havlat. Performing songs and arias by Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Gabriel Fauré, Henri Duparc, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel. Join us at 1pm - it's free, but with limited spaces assigned on a first come, first serve basis. #summerresidency

Wallace quickly became famous for his fortune and philanthropy. He received many letters asking for money and it was probably him who assembled many of the envelopes in an album currently in our exhibition. One is addressed simply Monsieur R Wallace Milionnaire En Ville. #RW200 #WallaceBirthday

Contemporaries testified to Wallace’s kindness, good nature and empathy. The artist William Symonds, who painted his portrait in 1885, recalled: "My impression of Sir Richard was particularly the charm of his personality & his extreme kindness." #RW200 #WallaceBirthday

Wow ! Wow! And Wow! ... inspiring calming and simply a gift not to be missed. Set aside some time and the crazy digital world ... deep breath .. enter this amazing building and be prepared for such wonder and surprise ... such creative gifts that will transcend time and space ..... I went by myself but wanted to stop my fellow visitors that day in every room and say ... " is this place freaking awesome or what?!!! " ... I didn't of course but the emotion was 11 out of 10 😊... do not miss this moment people 👍

Well what can I say?! I’m concerned that if I praise it too highly, too many people will visit it! Lol! This gem of a place was a great find and is a must for anyone visiting London. The exhibitions are first class, as well as being interesting and informative but not overdoing any one group of exhibits. If you can try and join one of the free guided tours which gives you a taster through the exhibition and then after explore further. There is so much to see but we will now return to see more. The restaurant is good too, with excellent service. Let’s hope the whole place doesn’t become too over-run!

We had an enjoyable time spent around 2 to 3 hours there, Art and Armoury plentiful, fantastic location.

Make your donation on the way out suggested amount is £5.

Wat a beautiful collection! A hidden pearl.

Was very surprised bij the amazing collection Dutch painters. All the big names of our golden age are there.

Wallace Collection is an amazing secret in the heart of West End London.

This was a lovely place to visit that I was unaware was in the heart of London. After looking around the fascinating artwork and armoury we then had a coffee and cake in the very pleasant courtyard in the centre of the building. Well worth a visit and I will definately be going again.

This museum is my favorite in London. The cafe is fantastic. The afternoon tea is lovely and extremely affordable. The staff loves to answer questions and tell you about the collection. 5000 pieces on display. An absolute gem.

The most wonderful collection, in a beautiful building. A great place to visit.

The Wallace Collection is a must see when in London. There are hundreds of paintings by the likes of Rubens, Rembrandt, Canaletto etc. If armoury & weapons interest you there's a whole room devoted to these. I was also impressed by the beautiful pieces of furniture. Allow several hours to view this gorgeous house

People overuse the word Breathtaking to explain something amazing, but truly, every new room I entered physically made my heart jump with historical love, my eyes wide with visually stimulating design and artifact curation, and my jaw drop from sheer awe of the colour, variety, and overall aura of each space. This is truly one of London's greatest Gems of a museum, with a fantastic and enthusiastic staff as well.

Our first visit but it won’t be our last! Too much to see in one go. Brilliant and free entry. Great day out. My favourite being the ceramics and my husband loved all the artwork

My husband and I had a wonderful visit yesterday. I have been coming for almost 60 years and each time I see my favorites and add some to the list! The court yard tea room is an added surprise addition.

Great way to lose yourself for a couple of hours and completely free of charge 🙂 well worth a visit

Fascinating exhibits in a most splendid setting, worth visiting for the building itself. Staff all very approachable, friendly and knowledgeable. A very worthwhile couple of hours spent perusing the collection and we will most certainly do so again some time

An esquisite collection just superb worth spending a whole day there just unbelievable rich in culture age art the lot

An absolute must-see museum and art collection. Truly breath-taking. And lovely courtyard restaurant.

A lovely and diverse collection of art, armour and weapons in their original settings. This is a lightly-visited gallery so you can linger to your heart's content at your favourites.

The El Greco to Goya exhibition fascinating.Generally a great place to visit - hard to believe it's so easy to escape from Oxford St and its environs in just a few minutes.Enter a different world! (Plus the loos are really good) And coffee and Eggs Benedict at the lovely restaurant there was spot on.

Afternoon tea was lovely in lovely surroundings with a friendly waiter then we enjoyed wondering round the collection Disappointed that members of staff in each room were only security and had no knowledge of the beautiful items around them as I soon found when I asked a couple of questions and found they had no idea. However this is a wonderful collection quite breathtaking well worth a visit and unbelievably no entrance fee.

Today at 1pm, join our free tour of Murillo paintings at the Wallace Collection from curatorial assistant, Isabelle Kent. #curators #wallaceeducation #freetalks

Wow ! Wow! And Wow! ... inspiring calming and simply a gift not to be missed. Set aside some time and the crazy digital world ... deep breath .. enter this amazing building and be prepared for such wonder and surprise ... such creative gifts that will transcend time and space ..... I went by myself but wanted to stop my fellow visitors that day in every room and say ... " is this place freaking awesome or what?!!! " ... I didn't of course but the emotion was 11 out of 10 😊... do not miss this moment people 👍

Well what can I say?! I’m concerned that if I praise it too highly, too many people will visit it! Lol! This gem of a place was a great find and is a must for anyone visiting London. The exhibitions are first class, as well as being interesting and informative but not overdoing any one group of exhibits. If you can try and join one of the free guided tours which gives you a taster through the exhibition and then after explore further. There is so much to see but we will now return to see more. The restaurant is good too, with excellent service. Let’s hope the whole place doesn’t become too over-run!

We had an enjoyable time spent around 2 to 3 hours there, Art and Armoury plentiful, fantastic location.

Make your donation on the way out suggested amount is £5.

Wat a beautiful collection! A hidden pearl.

Was very surprised bij the amazing collection Dutch painters. All the big names of our golden age are there.

Wallace Collection is an amazing secret in the heart of West End London.

This was a lovely place to visit that I was unaware was in the heart of London. After looking around the fascinating artwork and armoury we then had a coffee and cake in the very pleasant courtyard in the centre of the building. Well worth a visit and I will definately be going again.

This museum is my favorite in London. The cafe is fantastic. The afternoon tea is lovely and extremely affordable. The staff loves to answer questions and tell you about the collection. 5000 pieces on display. An absolute gem.

The most wonderful collection, in a beautiful building. A great place to visit.

The Wallace Collection is a must see when in London. There are hundreds of paintings by the likes of Rubens, Rembrandt, Canaletto etc. If armoury & weapons interest you there's a whole room devoted to these. I was also impressed by the beautiful pieces of furniture. Allow several hours to view this gorgeous house

People overuse the word Breathtaking to explain something amazing, but truly, every new room I entered physically made my heart jump with historical love, my eyes wide with visually stimulating design and artifact curation, and my jaw drop from sheer awe of the colour, variety, and overall aura of each space. This is truly one of London's greatest Gems of a museum, with a fantastic and enthusiastic staff as well.

Our first visit but it won’t be our last! Too much to see in one go. Brilliant and free entry. Great day out. My favourite being the ceramics and my husband loved all the artwork

My husband and I had a wonderful visit yesterday. I have been coming for almost 60 years and each time I see my favorites and add some to the list! The court yard tea room is an added surprise addition.

Great way to lose yourself for a couple of hours and completely free of charge 🙂 well worth a visit

Fascinating exhibits in a most splendid setting, worth visiting for the building itself. Staff all very approachable, friendly and knowledgeable. A very worthwhile couple of hours spent perusing the collection and we will most certainly do so again some time

An esquisite collection just superb worth spending a whole day there just unbelievable rich in culture age art the lot

An absolute must-see museum and art collection. Truly breath-taking. And lovely courtyard restaurant.

A lovely and diverse collection of art, armour and weapons in their original settings. This is a lightly-visited gallery so you can linger to your heart's content at your favourites.

The El Greco to Goya exhibition fascinating.Generally a great place to visit - hard to believe it's so easy to escape from Oxford St and its environs in just a few minutes.Enter a different world! (Plus the loos are really good) And coffee and Eggs Benedict at the lovely restaurant there was spot on.

Afternoon tea was lovely in lovely surroundings with a friendly waiter then we enjoyed wondering round the collection Disappointed that members of staff in each room were only security and had no knowledge of the beautiful items around them as I soon found when I asked a couple of questions and found they had no idea. However this is a wonderful collection quite breathtaking well worth a visit and unbelievably no entrance fee.