Waddesdon Manor: Your Visit

Rainy day activities

...Waterside Theatre, The Pantaloons and The Paper Balloon Theatre Company, join in with performances, activities and stories. Learn more about Hygge Activities for adults Brave the elements, bring your wellies...

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Learning

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Myths and legends

...groups of 30 in rotationBased on the myth of Heracles and his 12 labours, pupils will explore the stories of Ancient Greek mythology by looking at our priceless collection of...

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A Rothschild Treasury: Tours

...bearing Nazi inventory numbers, gold boxes and more, this gallery celebrates generations of Rothschild collecting. In this 45 minute tour with one of our curators, discover the stories behind some...

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Volunteer stories

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Artisan Food Market Stallholder Stories

Dan and Kayleigh made the 'cliché' move to take a year out and travel South East Asia and eat their way through as many different countries as they could afford....

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Step into Waddesdon's Twitter Tours

One way to ensure online engagement with our historic interiors and their quirky, unique stories is via one of the most used social media platforms – Twitter. By hosting a...

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Accessibility & cookies

...commenting on a blog. 'Functionality' cookies stored when a user visits this website: Cookie Name: Set By: Purpose: comment_author comment_author_email comment_author_url prokit These cookies are stored if you leave a...

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Volunteering at Waddesdon

Volunteer conservation raffle ticket seller Providing visitors with a positive and enjoyable experience is of great importance for us and selling National Trust raffle tickets is a valuable form of...

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Waddesdon on film

Stories from Waddesdon Manor - The Art Fund with Josie Long > See some of our favourites below or explore our Youtube channel to find more. Waddesdon on YouTube >...

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Past exhibitions

Each year Waddesdon hosts several exhibitions. They might be related to a theme celebrated across the collection or might issue from research and cataloguing projects and new acquisitions. Below you...

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Miss Theophila Gwatkin, Joshua Reynolds

...their attention with fairy stories. Reynolds’s biographer and pupil, James Northcote (1746-1831) described ‘the grand rackets there used to be at Sir Joshua’s when the children were with him! He...

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Explore the archive

...people involved. These stories are found in letters, diaries, reports, photographs, maps, plans, architectural drawings, surveys, ledgers and staff cards. We also hold records relating to the Rothschilds' wider interests...

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Explore Waddesdon online

Discover more about the sculpture in the gardens or objects in the collections with our online trails, which can be enjoyed onsite or at...

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Staying in touch

...opening days and times vary, so please check before you visit. Opening times >There are more films about Waddesdon, the stories behind its collections, gardens, aviary and people which you...

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Smartify at Waddesdon

Smartify is built in partnership with international museums, to provide a gallery guide like never before. In A Rothschild Treasury you can now curate your very own collection from the...

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On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...

...c 1502, as well as perhaps gesturing towards the dome of the ancient Pantheon. The merriment of the dancing mythological creatures also suggests a playful imagining of ancient stories. Valadier...

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Saint-Aubin

...to contemporaries are disguised in allegory or in stories from the bible, literature and history. However, in most cases the targets are audaciously clear, and they include the king and...

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Gustave Moreau: The Fables online exhibition

...and Gustave Doré) who have reinvented them for each generation. La Fontaine gathered stories from classical antiquity (including Aesop) and European and Asian folk traditions and Moreau responded to this...

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Tales of Waddesdon

Try your hand at writing a story about Waddesdon. We think we offer a perfect setting for a tall tale so if you're visiting us, head to the Powerhouse to...

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Work with us

Current Vacancies Current vacancies Find out what new jobs are available at Waddesdon and check back regularly for the latest updates. Browse our current vacancies>At Waddesdon we have around 300...

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History of the Manor Kitchen online exhibition

The main kitchen formed part of a wider complex of domestic areas, including a larder, confectionery room, stillroom and scullery. In the basement below was a bake house, butcher’s shop,...

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Discovering Waddesdon’s secrets through its archives

When we were preparing to film Secrets of the National Trust, we looked at which of Waddesdon’s many stories could be told through the archives that we hold. Letters in...

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Curating your own collection with Smartify from home

...company who believe in sharing works of art on a global scale. Their belief, that art is a universal language embodying centuries of stories, grabbed our attention here at Waddesdon....

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Step into Waddesdon's Twitter Tours

One way to ensure online engagement with our historic interiors and their quirky, unique stories is via one of the most used social media platforms – Twitter. By hosting a...

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Visiting the Jewish gentry

...from synagogues, cemeteries, immigrant quarters and places of communal belonging to sites of assimilation, social mobility and integration. At the same time, it reminds us of the diverse stories and...

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I volunteer because…

...these special places, how to engage visitors with their stories, and what it’s really like to work inside a country house. When it came to applying for jobs I had...

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Digital Innovation with Michael Eden: Q and A

Michael Eden talking through his inspiration for ‘Form & Transform’ © Jake Augur/ Fluxaxis What particularly drew you to working with the collections at Waddesdon? In short, the stories. It’s...

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An interview with House Host volunteers

...Host ‘It’s a fantastic house to work in, we’re surrounded by beautiful, and historic items – some with amazing stories; and everyone is lovely, supportive and friendly. I feel really...

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Renaissance jewels - authentic or forgery?

...no. 3084 What also makes the room so special is the stories of the 19th-century dealers, goldsmiths and forgers who responded to the fashion for schatzkammer collections. In the Smoking...

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Long to Reign Over Us: Celebrating the Platinum Jubilee at Waddesdon

...country, a series of events and celebrations will culminate in the Platinum Jubilee Weekend (2-5 June). Here, we take a look at a selection of royal stories, anecdotes and objects...

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Celebrating the Coronation at Waddesdon

...visits and associations. Enjoy a selection of royal recollections, stories, anecdotes and objects from Waddesdon’s royal past. Queen Victoria planting a tree, from the London Illustrated News, 1890 Queen Victoria...

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Objects of love

...Not all love stories have to be romantic, and the story of the attachment between Jack Cox, one of the chauffeurs on the Waddesdon Estate and Elsie Turnham whose father...

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Sculpture walk with the expert

...Jean Raon was originally made for the palace of Versailles. Discover vases which tell stories of Time and Death and the Four Seasons, or learn more about the tale of...

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From the Falklands to a cat called Trixie: cataloguing Dorothy de Rothschild’s letters

By cataloging Dorothy’s correspondence, the Waddesdon Archive can make the letters accessible to external researchers, so they too can explore the remarkable stories contained within. These letters are particularly exciting,...

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Gettin' giffy with it

...being human and a bit silly at times! Gifs can also add value to our objects as they allow us to tell stories, fun facts or the intention of an...

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Share your best shots

...and would love to use your treasured images to help tell Waddesdon’s stories. In order to give you the credit you’re due, please add a line to your email saying...

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An interview with award-winning children's author and illustrator Yuval Zommer

...a special book with Sir Michael Morpurgo; a collection of poems and stories celebrating trees. I would also like to work with an explorer and go on a real life...

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Record year for the breeding of critically endangered Rothschild’s myna

...four of the most heavily traded Asian songbird species, so success stories like these are a big step forwards in creating sustainable captive populations for potential future reintroductions. To find...

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Collections reflections

...three floors of this quasi-architectural structure, are lined with low-relief sculpted panels depicting stories about the loves of the classical gods. The goddess Diana reclines on the top of the...

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Father's Day Gift Guide

...Fridays. Book now > For history lovers… Treasury Tours During this curator-led tour of A Rothschild Treasury, discover the stories of the precious objects on display and learn about the...

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Myths, Legends & Poupon: Free children's house trails

...is full of references to ancient stories of gods, goddesses and magical creatures, so what better way to explore the house than on a quest to return Greek hero Hercules...

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Secrets of Waddesdon

House party at Waddesdon, July 1894 Saturday to Monday parties Ferdinand de Rothchild, who built Waddesdon in the 1880s to house his collections of furniture, paintings and decorative arts, would...

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The Real Ferdinand de Rothschild

The Waddesdon episode puts a focus on Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839 – 1898), who built the Manor, and (along with his sister, Alice) was largely responsible for its historic...

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An invitation to the… Grey Drawing Room

The Grey Drawing Room was the principal withdrawing room in Ferdinand de Rothschild’s day, where guests came to relax, play cards and music and chat after meals. The Grey Drawing...

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The inspiration behind our festive displays

Red Drawing Room In the Red Drawing Room the Christmas tree is hung with hats, fans, mirrors, and other fashion accessories reflecting the two female portraits by Thomas Gainsborough of...

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Shed of Stories

Overnight a small mysterious shed appears. The doors are opened, words and stories tumble out, music and laughter begins to fill the air and then, as if by magic –...

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Pop Up Festival of children's literature

...You can’t love something unless you know something about the way that system works.’ Love Stories for the Earth will lure children away from screens and into nature, hearing stories...

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Virtual tasting; an introduction to Rothschild Wine

...stories exploring this unique collection, which explains why Waddesdon is such an important destination for wine lovers. The event will also include tips on how to taste wine, how to...

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Waddesdon and the First World War

...planted, and the staff they had available. She will use images, accounts and letters from the archive to tell individual’s stories and look at the long term impact on Waddesdon....

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pARTicipate: a local SEND schools project

...us at Waddesdon, focusing on those with special stories. 162 children from seven SEND schools have taken photos of things that are meaningful to them that have been collated into...

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Summer Holidays

Throughout the Summer Holidays we have a wide range of fun activities for the whole family including Circus workshops, Shed of stories, Archery and Climbing Wall. There are also lots...

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Buckinghamshire Open Weekend

A fairy tale castle set upon the top of a hill, Waddesdon makes the perfect setting for many stories. Discover more about its history and help develop our narrative by...

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Inn Crowd present Teatro Vivo- The Regulars at The Five Arrows

...in pubs, it is a celebration of the outlandish, sometimes incredible stories you hear over a pint. Pull up a stool, lean in close, and as the drinks flow you...

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Coronation weekend

Enjoy a fun day out with all the family over the Coronation bank holiday weekend at...

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Collecting Stories: Private Worlds to Public Spaces

The Rothschilds were among the greatest collectors of the 19th century, seeking objects of the highest quality and with a keen sense of an item’s historical importance. The houses that...

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Tales from the Archive

We will continue to highlight research recently carried out on the visitors who signed Waddesdon’s visitors’ book – from Winston Churchill to Henry James and the Earl of Rosebery. Baron...

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Reynolds at Waddesdon: A Trail

...artists in Britain. Waddesdon’s exceptional collection of Reynolds paintings demonstrates the multiple ways in which portraits can be interpreted by the viewer, and the stories that explain the history behind...

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Gustave Moreau: The Fables

...derived from traditional European and Asian stories. There are scenes of comedy, satire and tragedy, and the stylistic range of the watercolours encompasses historicism and the picturesque, Orientalist fantasies and...

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Gustave Moreau: curator-led online tour

...traditional European and Asian stories. Moreau’s translation of La Fontaine’s pithy, canonical work into his own, highly distinctive visual language is a revelation. There are scenes of comedy, satire and...

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Rascal Shadows

Inspired by stories of the evacuees who lived here during the Second World War, Jan’s subtle interventions will appeal to anyone who would like an alternative, magical perspective on Waddesdon’s...

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Exhibition talk: Alice's Wonderlands

...favourite stories and objects, revealing more about how Alice changed Waddesdon in her 24 years in charge. Come and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee while you listen to...

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Waddesdon at War

...Egypt and Palestine in every branch of the armed forces. Over the last year we have been researching the fate of these men and will be telling the stories of...

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Teatime Taster: the old Manor Kitchens

...developed a reputation for serving the finest food, all prepared in the Manor kitchens. In this live online talk, stories of the staff who worked in the kitchens, the menus...

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A Rothschild Treasury

Accessibility Please see our accessibility pages if you wish to visit this exhibition and have a mobility requirement>The Rothschilds were, and continue to be, active in sponsoring archaeological excavations. Following...

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Waddesdon at War

Waddesdon at War focuses on the end of the First World War in 1918, and the stories of the 179 men who served in the Armed Forces, 46 of whom...

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