The family once had one of the largest private art collections in the world, and a significant proportion of the art in the world's public museums are Rothschild donations which were sometimes, in the family tradition of discretion, donated anonymously.
Keluarga ini pernah memiliki salah satu koleksi seni pribadi terbesar di dunia, dan sebagian besar karya seni di museum-museum publik dunia adalah sumbangan Rothschild yang kadang, sesuai tradisi kerahasiaan keluarga, disumbangkan secara anonim.