The Wallace Collection

If you have a trust or foundation and would like to support the Wallace Collection, there are a number of rewarding projects programmes available for funding.

Education
The Wallace Collection Education Department was founded in October 1998. The Centenary Project saw the development of a bespoke study centre/education space and by 2002-03 the facility was thriving, with approximately 25,000 people benefiting from the activities provided. This figure has continued to grow and today over 30,000 children, young people and adults are accessing the many workshops, study days, outreach programmes, concerts, conferences and special events on offer; these activities are provided free of charge wherever possible. Underpinning each educational activity is the principle that all experience be object-led and inspired by the atmosphere of Hertford House.

Conservation
The Conservation Department is responsible for the well being of all objects in the Wallace Collection and specialises in the conservation of the decorative arts, in particular, furniture, picture frames, arms and armour and metalwork. It also plays a key role in the Trustees’ objectives to preserve the collection for future generations by continually monitoring its condition through surveys to ensure that all objects are kept in displayable condition and on permanent display. Paintings conservation is undertaken by independent conservators and by conservation departments in other institutions, notably the National Gallery.

A donation of £5,000 would allow the Wallace Collection to:

• Deliver a Special Needs education programme for children with severe learning disabilities.
• Proactively attract audiences that are not likely to enjoy the Museum independently. In 2004 the Education Department expanded its work with new citizens, the Deaf and hard of hearing and the elderly and infirm.
• Mount a comprehensive education and public event programme around the Xanto exhibition to attract large and new audiences to the Museum.
• Conserve Greuze's, Girl with Doves whose great qualities are currently obscured by darkened varnish. Cleaning, restoration and revarnishing would remove this varnish, improve the surface and enable the painting to shine again.
• Relay the delaminated Boulle work on a majestic pair of Boulle Coffers.

For further information please contact Emma Festing on 020 7563 9558 or emma.festing@wallacecollection.org