About Waddesdon

Waddesdon Manor is a historic house open to the public near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Created by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild from 1874 and set in a Grade 1 listed garden, it is home to the Rothschild Collection and was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1957. Today it is managed by a Rothschild charitable trust, The Rothschild Foundation (RF), and welcomes in the region of 350,000 visitors annually. It is home to the Rothschild Collection, a world-class collection of fine and decorative arts assembled by three generations of the family, and runs a varied public events, schools and exhibitions program, including a popular Christmas Season and a family and institutional Archive.