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Opening Hours

Open Daily from 10 to 17

How to get there?

The Wallace Collection
Hertford House
Manchester Square
London
W1U 3BN
United Kingdom

 

The closest stations are :

  • Bond Street,
  • Baker Street
  • Oxford Circus

About the Wallace Collection

The Wallace Collection is a national museum displaying the art collections brought together by the first four marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace. The collections were bequeathed to the British nation in 1897 by Lady Wallace, Sir Richard’s widow. It is housed in Hertford House the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. The museum opened to the public in 1900.

In the Wallace Collection, you can find :

  • Paintings 
  • Sculpture
  • Decorative Arts
  • Arms and Armour

All those collections are from the 15th to the 19th centuries and it holds an important collection of French 18th-century pieces. 

Exhibitions

Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur

28 March-26 October 2025

Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur presents over 40 new works by Sir Grayson Perry (1960). In the largest contemporary exhibition ever held at the museum, visitors encounter ceramics, tapestries, and works on paper, displayed alongside masterpieces from the collection that helped shape Perry’s vision for this landmark show.

Exhibition Page