News & blogs

Currently viewing:All posts

Behind the scenes

Behind the scenes: a volunteer's story

Fri 28 Jul 2017

Imagine having the opportunity to go behind the scenes of a majestic manor house filled with exquisite antiques, magnificent artwork and captivating exhibitions. Fortunately for me I don’t have to b…

Read more
News

From The Met to Waddesdon

Thu 27 Jul 2017

Thomas P Campbell is announced as the second Getty/Rothschild Fellow. Art Historian and former Director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art will divide his time between the Getty Research Instit…

Read more
Our story

Waddesdon letters: war and weather

Wed 26 Jul 2017

Samuel Johnson once said 'In a man’s letters his soul lies naked' and it's certainly the case that a person's letters often tell you more about their thoughts, feelings and opinions than anything el…

Read more
Our story

Lost and found: collecting receipts

Fri 21 Jul 2017

For many of the objects in the collection at Waddesdon we do not have any record of their purchase. This means that in order to research their history and ownership we need to look at records held out…

Read more
Behind the scenes

'Baptism by fire': an intern's take on Waddesdon

Fri 14 Jul 2017

Being an intern at Waddesdon has been the experience of a lifetime. My time was short but I’ve honestly learned more in six weeks than what most professors can pack into a fifteen-week seminar cours…

Read more
Our story

Mapping the land

Thu 13 Jul 2017

They may not immediately seem the most exciting documents we have in the archive but I have found myself using our title deeds, leases and conveyances frequently over the last few months.

Read more