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Wallace Collection (London)

 
Description: Hertford House, just off Baker Street. Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 9551. It is open 10 am to 5 pm daily, except Sundays, when ... more
Wallace Collection (London) ... opening commences at 2 pm. / The Wallace Collection is a national art museum located in London. It was established from the private collection of Sir Richard Wallace, which was bequeathed to the UK by his widow in 1897. The museum opened to the public in 1900, in Hertford House in Manchester Square. Admission is free. The collection includes old master paintings (such as The Laughing Cavalier), fine porcelain such as Sèvres and Meissen, armour, Eighteenth Century French furniture and diverse objets d'art. A few years ago the inner courtyard was given a glass roof.

Newest Review: ... of 20 and the tables were laid and ready just a minute before our booking was due. The staff seemed rather stressed and instead of asking us what we wanted to drink, brought tea around in a thermos flask. There was one menu somewhere (which i didn't see until the end of the tea) with a choice of different teas on, so people could have chosen their tea and had their own pot, but the staff ... more

 ... obviously wanted you to have the thermos tea. I asked straight away for a type of tea and had my own pot. The pot had obviously not been washed for a while and was quite dirty on the outskirts. No one was offered coffee. *Food* The food was very v...more

ladyannie
Premium Review Wallace Collection (London): Afternoon tea at the Wallace Collection (409 words)
by - written on 03/05/09 (Very useful, 44 readings)
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I was invited to have afternoon tea at the Wallace collection, located in Manchester Square just behind Oxford street. Pretty house, pretty square, lots of trees etc. However I do not rate the afternoon tea at all, and very over priced. *Cost and drinks* The tea in April 2009 is set at £16.50 or £24 including a glass of wine. The restaurant is at the back of the house in a glass covered plaza with lots of plants, but the noise is rather echoy. I was in a party of 20 and the tables were laid and ready just a minute before our booking was due. The staff seemed rather stressed and instead of asking us what we wanted to drink, brought tea around in a ...  Read the complete review

MALU
Crowned Review Swinging Rococo (989 words)
by - written on 29/07/03 (Very useful, 145 readings)
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Not even ten minutes on foot away from the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street the connoisseur tourist finds Manchester Square with the Hartford House on one side. The building contains one of the world’s finest private collections ever assembled by a single family, and since 1897 when the widow of Sir Richard Wallace died leaving to Britain its largest private bequest ever, no artefact has been taken away or added. When I arrived there on a Sunday afternoon a free guided tour had just begun. The guide was clearly in love with the house, the art collection and the rococo period from which most artefacts come which was a good thing because her ...  Read the complete review

tomc
Premium Review Wallace Collection (London): An hour to spare after John Lewis or M&S? (820 words)
by - written on 05/06/01 (Very useful, 66 readings)
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It was a hot June day, the sun shining down on Oxford Street crowds, and it seemed such a waste to be stuck shopping on a day like this. I’d read that the Wallace Collection had been re-opened after extensive modernisation and I knew it was somewhere behind John Lewis, in Manchester Square, so off I went. The Square looked cool and shady in the sun and office workers and local builders were relaxing on the grass. Across the Square the pillars of Hertford House offered respite from the sun and a promise of an hour spent wandering around an interesting exhibition so in I went. I went up to the desk in the entrance and the first surprise was that there ...  Read the complete review

caro
Premium Review Beautiful and peaceful (346 words)
by - written on 15/08/00 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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After years living in London, I finally visited the Wallace Collection this weekend, and am really glad I did. It's just a few streets directly behind Selfridges, on a peaceful garden square. The Collection is in Hertford House, which takes up most of the north side of the square. In its small front garden is a water fountain, copy of fountains donated to Paris. This sets the tone for the slightly quirky collection inside. You can hire an audio guide, but even without this there are information sheets in each room. The art collection covers a wide range of paintings, the most famous of which is the Laughing Cavalier: one of a number of various genres ...  Read the complete review

vikil
Premium Review Wallace Collection (London): A little Gem off Oxford St. (396 words)
by - written on 04/07/00 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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I love the Wallace Collection. It’s small enough to see it all in one go, diverse enough to keep your attention, close enough to the London shopping Mecca to combine the visit with other, less cultural, activities and… its free. Hiding behind the back of Selfridges, it is situated in a lovely city mansion and houses superb 18th cent. paintings, exquisite furniture and objects d’art and a collection of armour rivalled only by the Royal Armouries in Leeds. The collection was assembled by three generations of Hertford family and eventually bequeathed to the nation by the widow of Richard Wallace in 1897. The generous gift came with a sting ...  Read the complete review

 

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