Take a Break from Christmas Shopping to Visit Fulham Palace
House, museum, cafe shop all open daily till 22 December
Take a break from Christmas preparations to visit Fulham Palace, tour its museum and gardens and learn about its history.
The house, musum and historic rooms are open daily until 22 December with hours as follows:
House, museum
and shop 10.30am - 4pm
Cafe 9.30am till 4pm
They will be closed over the Christmas break but will reopen on New Year's Day.
The Botanic garden will be open from dawn - dusk and
Walled garden 10.15am - 15.45pm except for Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
There will also be reduced hours on New Year's Day (open midday – 3.45pm) but the Botanic garden will be open as usual (entry by main gate only).
You can also take a guided history tour or visit the Palace's current exhibition, which is
Tuesday 17 December, 12.30pm - 1.30pm - History Tour
For over 1,300 years, Fulham Palace was the home of the Bishops of London.
On this tour of the house and garden, learn how their passions, wealth and power shaped Fulham Palace. Find out about the mixture of different architectural styles that make up the house, the stories of the Bishops and their families who called the Palace home, and how the 13 acre garden evolved over the centuries to become the beautiful urban oasis it is today.
Tickets £6 per person, accompanied children free. No need to book in advance. Tour begins at the visitor welcome desk
Find out more about Christmas events at the Palace here
Fulham Palace is also hosting an exhibition: Discovering the Bishop of London’s Palace at Fulham
The first exhibition in the palace's new museum celebrates its recent £3.8 million restoration project, revealing what was involved in this thee year programme to restore and reinterpret the Tudor courtyard and historic rooms and create new plant beds in the botanic garden.
Find out how this complex restoration project has resulted in a richer understanding of the building of Fulham Palace, how the site was used and the people who lived and worked here over the centuries.
Learn about the work carried out by the specialist conservators and craftspeople involved in the project, and the traditional methods they employed to remain faithful to those used at Fulham Palace in the past.
See many of the fascinating finds discovered during the restoration works, from artefacts uncovered through archaeology digs to a 17th century painted wall hidden behind plasterboard.
Learn about the vital role volunteers played in discovering more about Fulham Palace and the Bishops of London through carrying out an extensive archive research project and participating in archaeology digs.
The exhibition is on display until November 2020 and is open during museum opening times from 10.30am till 4pm till 22 December.
October 31, 2019