National Fencing Museum
Private collection tracing 450 years of fencing, housed at Pyndar Lodge near Malvern and shown to visitors by appointment.
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About the museum
The National Fencing Museum was established in 2002 by Malcolm Fare, a fencer and fencing historian, and is based at Pyndar Lodge in Hanley Swan, near Malvern in Worcestershire. It traces the history of fencing in Britain over about 450 years.
The collection includes a library of more than 300 books, some 250 paintings and prints and around 200 weapons, together with masks, kit, trophies, posters, programmes, medals, stamps, postcards and other items connected with the sport. It shows how fencing was once an elegant accomplishment and an essential part of a gentleman's education, and how knowledge of the science of defence could once mean the difference between life and death.
The museum website is organised by period, with sections on the 16th to 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and a hall of fame, and offers articles by the founder on the development of fencing weapons. Visits are arranged by appointment.
Highlights
- Around 200 weapons
- Library of more than 300 books
- About 250 paintings and prints
- Masks, kit, trophies, medals and ephemera
- Fencing history from the 16th century onwards
Permanent exhibition
- The history of fencing – Weapons, books, paintings, prints, kit and memorabilia that trace 450 years of fencing.
- Founded
- 2002
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| Good to know | The museum is a small private collection and is visited by arrangement with its founder. |
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