History & Culture
Library and Archive Tour: Disaster, Fire, Siege and War
The Wallace Collection · Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
8 September 2026
£11–£9
An hour inside the usually locked library, tracing a fire in 1874, a siege during the Franco-Prussian War, and evacuations through two world wars. Letters and photographs that rarely reach the gallery floor get pulled out just for this one door. Booking's essential, spaces are few.
Library and Archive Tour: Disaster, Fire, Siege and War
The Wallace Collection