Our aim is to conserve, display and interpret the magnificent buildings, interiors and collections in our care.
Our royal palaces host internationally important collections of fine and decorative art, the majority forming part of the Royal Collection. We work in partnership with the Royal Armouries to display their collections of arms and armour at the Tower of London. We also manage, conserve, display and research our own collections of royal ceremonial dress, architectural drawings, art, archaeology, furniture, furnishings, architectural decoration and social history.
Our collections
The objects in our collections help us to tell the stories of the people that lived in the palaces.
Art and decorative arts collections
Fine and decorative art on display across our palaces remains part of the Royal Collection, one of the largest and most important art collections in the world.
Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection
10,000 items of historic dress from the 16th century to the present day, this is a collection of national and international importance.
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Edward Francis
Edward Francis, an enslaved African who lived at the Tower of London
Duleep Singh
The last Sikh Maharaja of the Punjab and former owner of the Koh-i-Noor diamond
Coronations Past and Present
An ancient ceremony, largely unchanged for a thousand years