Wellington Museum
Apsley House, 149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London W1
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Apsley House is home to the impressive Wellington Collection, which is exhibited in the fabulous Waterloo Gallery; it includes paintings by Goya, Velázquez, Rubens, Brueghel and Murillo, some previously part of the Spanish royal collection taken from the French by the Duke of Wellington after the Battle of Vitoria (1813). Most of the items exhibited in the museum - porcelain services, tableware, silver etc - were gifts presented to the duke by foreign kings and queens in thanks for his victory at Waterloo.
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- From £200InterContinental London Park Lane, an IHG Hotel129 m - 1 Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London W1J 7QY
- From £1,339Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane155 m - Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London W1J 7DR
- From £514The Lanesborough, Oetker Collection192 m - Hyde Park Corner, London SW1X 7TA
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- Afternoon Tea at The LanesboroughAround£3084 m - Hyde Park Corner, London SW1X 7TA
- Theo Randall at the InterContinentalAround£30117 m - 1 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7QY
- Afternoon Tea at The Wellington LoungeAround£30132 m - 1 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7QY
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