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Wallace Collection vs Tate Modern
Wallace Collection and Tate Modern are both rated very highly by professionals. On balance, Tate Modern scores slightly better than Wallace Collection. Tate Modern ranks #3 in London with recommendations from 14 reviews including Time Out, Let's Go and Afar Magazine.
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Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
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Fodor's
"This exquisite labyrinth of an art gallery is housed in Hertford House, an 18th-century mansion that was bequeathed to the nation, along with its contents, by the widow of Sir Richard Wallace."
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Stay for lunch at the restaurant, which is elegantly sited in a glass-roofed courtyard.
Concierge
"A treat along the lines of the Frick in New York, wherein the setting is as much of a draw as the art, the Wallace Collection is spread out over the 28 rooms of a gracious mansion in the West End."
Frommer's
"This collection, built up over 2 centuries by one of London's leading aristocratic families, is a contrasting array of art and armaments."
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Let's Go
"The ground floor’s four Armoury Galleries boast scads of richly decorated weapons and burnished suits of armor, while the State Rooms hold a collection of sumptuous Sèvres porcelain. "
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"The largest private art collection, bequeathed to the nation in 1900, can be found in Hertford House, a beautiful private mansion in Marylebone."
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Tate Modern
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Bankside, London SE1 9TG
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Fodor's
"This spectacular renovation of a mid-20th-century power station is one of the most-visited museums of modern art in the world."
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Concierge
"There is something very glamorous about the vast space, let alone the amazing holdings, which range from Matisse to Matthew Barney."
Frommer's
"Welcoming more than four million visitors a year, Tate Modern is the world's most popular modern art gallery (the free admission helps), and one of the capital's very best attractions."
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Travel + Leisure
"Housed in a hulking converted power station, this vast modern art showplace opened in 2000 but still breaks new ground with installations."
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Time Out
"Thanks to its industrial architecture, this powerhouse of modern art is awe-inspiring even before you enter."
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