A gift in your will

Detail from Claude-Oscar Monet, 'The Water-Lily Pond', 1899

Leaving a painting to the Gallery

Bequests of paintings have greatly enhanced the National Gallery’s collection throughout its history. Should you consider generously leaving a painting to the Gallery in your will, we would be pleased to advise you.

Please contact Marisa Hamilton in the Development Office on 020 7747 5982 or at development@ng-london.org.uk

Further information concerning other ways in which paintings may be acquired by UK collections can be found on the Arts Council website [external link]. This includes the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme, which enables taxpayers to transfer important works of art and other heritage objects into public ownership while paying Inheritance Tax, and Private Treaty Sales.

Find out more about collectors and benefactors