Discover London’s Hidden Galleries

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Explore lesser-known museums in London such as Apsley House, The Wallace Collection, Saatchi Gallery, Foundling Museum, Cosmic House, and discover unique art and history away from the crowds.

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• While COMO The Halkin’s Belgravia location is well-known for its white stucco buildings and fashionable shopping, it’s also in close proximity to some of London’s lesser-known galleries and museums.
• Here, we list some of our favourite collections.
• The giants of London’s art and museum scene, from the V&A Museum to the National Portrait Gallery, are well-publicised.
• But there are other, more obscure museums and galleries — with less footfall — which are well worth a visit for those ‘in the know’.
• Locally known as ‘Number One London’, because it was the first house people would see along Piccadilly, Apsley House was originally built by the first Duke of Wellington in the late eighteenth century.
• The honey-toned house boasts impressive Regency interiors and a huge silver and porcelain collection, in addition to art by Diego Velázquez, Anthony van Dyck and Peter Paul Rubens.
• Many of the paintings were given to the first Duke by grateful European rulers after he masterminded Napoleon’s defeat at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo.
• Tucked away in a grand red brick building on Manchester Square, The Wallace Collection houses some of Britain’s most important sculpture, furniture, arms and armour, porcelain and art.
• It’s an easy place to while away several hours admiring Rococo style, Sèvres porcelain, furniture by Riesener, and Fragonard’s 1767 painting, ‘The Swing’.
• The sunny courtyard café is also an elegant stop for refreshments.

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