History & Culture

Library and Archive Tour: Rare Books

The Wallace Collection · Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN

14 July 2026

£11–£9

Behind a door not normally open to the public, the Wallace's library holds sixteenth-century fencing manuals, rare architectural treatises and catalogues of arms gathered across 300 years. The shelf holds skills centuries old — every book a kind of thrill.

Library and Archive Tour: Rare Books

The Wallace Collection

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