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Object in focus – Renaissance basil pot
Tue 24 Sep 2019
This basil pot has been on display since 1997 in Waddesdon’s Smoking Room, on loan from the Rothschild family, but has now been given to the National Trust through the Acceptance in Lieu Scheme, mak…
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Brought to Life: Eliot Hodgkin Rediscovered
Wed 18 Sep 2019
This retrospective exhibition focuses on the life and work of Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987), a 20th-century British artist of outstanding skill who deserves to be better known.
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Waddesdon's Aviary and the Silent Forest campaign
Tue 17 Sep 2019
Over the past two years, Waddesdon's Aviary team have been fundraising in order to raise awareness of the Indonesian songbird trade which threatens to silence the forests forever.
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Creating 'A Rothschild Treasury' at Waddesdon
Wed 11 Sep 2019
Designer Charles Marsden-Smedley illustrates the transformation of a former maid's room into a densly-packed barrel-vaulted new gallery housing over 300 objects collected by the Rothschild family.
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Art and technology: Madame de Pompadour in the Frame
Thu 5 Sep 2019
The exhibition ‘Madame de Pompadour in the Frame’ explores how digital technology and facsimiles can enhance our understanding of art history.
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Conserving the Dubois desk
Thu 1 Aug 2019
In the Morning Room, this large black lacquer desk has been reinstalled after a two year project to conserve the degrading lacquer and clean the gilt-bronze mounts.
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