- Wikidata identifier:
- Q5507927
- Also known as:
- Fulham Palace House and Garden
- Instance of:
- historic house museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1017
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q5507927/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Archaeology Collection
A small collection comprising material relating to the Palace and its grounds, including a group of 19th century material found in the adjoining park (formerly part of the Palace estate), artefacts found under the floorboards of the Palace itself during building work and stray finds from the allotments and gardens formerly part of the Palace estate).
Subjects
People (religious); Architecture
Fine Art Collection
A small but growing collection of prints and drawings with a few oil paintings, depicting the Bishops of London, the Palace and its immediate environs in Fulham.
Subjects
Architecture; People; Bishops
Local and Social History
The collection includes: a. Objects that were left behind in the Palace and associated buildings including old gardening tools b. Objects associated with the Bishops of London, including textiles, memorabilia, autograph letters and seals c. Unprovenanced domestic items and textiles of sufficient quality or interest to assist with interpreting the building.
Subjects
People (religious); ArchitecturePeople
Printing Collection
Matrices and moulds from the principal eighteenth- and nineteenth-century London type foundries, complemented by business archives and by one of the world’s best collections of type specimen books. Cataloguing and conservation of a major collection, acquired from Stephenson Blake in 1996, is currently being undertaken with the aid of a grant from The Pilgrim Trust.
Subjects
Graphic Design; Printing; People
Printed Ephemera Collection
Postcards, news cuttings, church service programmes and other items associated with the Bishops of London and the Palace.
Subjects
People (religious); Architecture
Photograph Collection
Photographs old and new of the Palace buildings, the grounds, those who have lived and worked there and events held there.
Subjects
People; Bishops
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC