Renaissance Museum'

In the late 1880s Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild ordered the creation of a ‘New Smoking Room’ in the Bachelors’ Wing at Waddesdon. The room would contain the ‘Renaissance Museum’, Ferdinand’s collection of objects made of precious materials in the manner of princely collections of the 16th and 17th centuries, the core of which had been inherited from his father, Anselm. The collection had been displayed in the Tower Drawing Room on the ground floor at Waddesdon, though no photographs survive of the room before it was redecorated following the removal of the objects to the Smoking Room.

Suitable for
Family friendly

Admission
Normal admission charges apply

Website
www.waddesdon.org.uk/collection/exhibitions/renaissance-museum

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/mw795?id=EVENT527434