The Wallace Collection - London

Jens Nordlunde · 3rd August 2016, 09:35 PM

Thor, the Wallace collection is a MUST, the W&A as well. I once had the posasibility to visit the W&A reserves and it was fantastic.
We had four hours - so plenty of time - afterwards I wonder where the time went - suddenly the time was running verry short - and out. But I had a teriffic time there.

ariel · 3rd August 2016, 09:50 PM

I was in London 2 years ago. Played hooky at the conference and hit the museums. .
Wallace is incredible, I never set foot outside the Oriental oxhibition and was ready to stay there forever. Apparently they have a problem with the Eropean collection: a lot of it was discovered to be modern fakes.
Went to V&A: big disappointment. They have limited the number of exhibited weapons; instead, here were rooms after rooms of Islamic religious objects.

Tim Simmons · 3rd August 2016, 09:59 PM

Yes V&A is museum lite, designer arty pretty . The serious stuff is in the British Museum.

Thor1982 · 4th August 2016, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

Yes V&A is museum lite, designer arty pretty . The serious stuff is in the British Museum.

I must admit that I was underwhelmed by the V&A.

Kubur · 4th August 2016, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

Yes V&A is museum lite, designer arty pretty . The serious stuff is in the British Museum.

Yep and African part is much better than the Islamic one...

Ian · 4th August 2016, 01:19 PM

The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum removed its weapons collections some years ago and does not intend to display them again. This included the Egerton collection of Indian arms and armor. Apparently these are held in storage somewhere outside London. I don't know if they can be accessed still. Has anyone had recent experience viewing the V&A weapons collections?

Ian.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 6th August 2016, 12:23 PM

CORRECTION:THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN VIEW THE V AND A COLLECTION IS HERE ON OUR LIBRARY.

Meanwhile~ I advocate and suggest provision of a bibliography based upon library resources so that it can be automatically generated by Forum Admin...using a basic program (algorithm) to generate ...into the initial thread at each #1.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi

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3rd August 2016, 09:35 PM	#1
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Thor, the Wallace collection is a MUST, the W&A as well. I once had the posasibility to visit the W&A reserves and it was fantastic. We had four hours - so plenty of time - afterwards I wonder where the time went - suddenly the time was running verry short - and out. But I had a teriffic time there.

3rd August 2016, 09:50 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I was in London 2 years ago. Played hooky at the conference and hit the museums. . Wallace is incredible, I never set foot outside the Oriental oxhibition and was ready to stay there forever. Apparently they have a problem with the Eropean collection: a lot of it was discovered to be modern fakes. Went to V&A: big disappointment. They have limited the number of exhibited weapons; instead, here were rooms after rooms of Islamic religious objects.

3rd August 2016, 09:59 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	Yes V&A is museum lite, designer arty pretty . The serious stuff is in the British Museum.

4th August 2016, 01:19 PM	#6
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,361	The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum removed its weapons collections some years ago and does not intend to display them again. This included the Egerton collection of Indian arms and armor. Apparently these are held in storage somewhere outside London. I don't know if they can be accessed still. Has anyone had recent experience viewing the V&A weapons collections? Ian.

6th August 2016, 12:23 PM	#7
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	CORRECTION:THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN VIEW THE V AND A COLLECTION IS HERE ON OUR LIBRARY. Meanwhile~ I advocate and suggest provision of a bibliography based upon library resources so that it can be automatically generated by Forum Admin...using a basic program (algorithm) to generate ...into the initial thread at each #1. Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi