Support NG200
Help us share the world’s greatest paintings in new and creative ways to inspire bold ideas for our future
Help us share the world’s greatest paintings in new and creative ways to inspire bold ideas for our future
On 10 May 2024 the National Gallery turns 200. To celebrate two centuries of bringing people and paintings together, we are launching a year-long festival of art, creativity and imagination known as NG200 – and everyone is invited.
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The National Gallery turns 200 years old on 10 May 2024 and now is your chance to give today and inspire tomorrow. We have until our Bicentenary to raise the final funds to help us bring the nation’s paintings to everyone, everywhere. As a charity, d...
We are bringing the world’s greatest paintings to you. Spectacular exhibitions and creative workshops at Trafalgar Square and across Britain will bring more than half the population within an hour’s journey of one of our masterpieces. New digital experiences will give unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to our collection, work and archives, for all to enjoy, everywhere. We're also updating our building to ensure the best experience possible for our visitors.
A travelling art studio will tour the UK through the year, bringing 200 National Gallery workshops and learning activities to different communities who otherwise would not have ready access.
A national public art commission, celebrating 200 years of the National Gallery – showing how festivals are a part of art, culture and civic-life, and how art and artists can be catalysts of collaboration and joy.
We will collaborate with 200 social media creators from across the UK, celebrating 200 years of the Gallery being a beacon of creativity.
A new online film series that takes viewers behind the scenes of the National Gallery creating a continuous micro documentary that engages people with key aspects of the NG200 programme.
We open the door to the entire history of a painting, in one place, sharing the wealth of the National Gallery’s research, digitally available for everyone, everywhere, anytime.
We will create a new, large-scale digital Gallery experience for the Bicentenary, available via our website.
A festival in Trafalgar Square, programmed with and for children, young people and their families to engage new and diverse audiences. Designed to unlock the nation's creativity and bring the collection to the streets of Westminster.
An exhibition featuring a stunning array of the artist’s most important and well-loved works alongside paintings from private collections never seen in public before. The first major Van Gogh show in the UK since 2010, it promises to be the most spectacular, and comes exactly 100 years after the Gallery acquired 'Van Gogh’s Chair' and 'Sunflowers' (both painted in 1888).
The first ever full-scale exhibition of early Sienese art outside Italy. An opportunity to see some of Europe’s earliest and most exquisite paintings ever produced. Be there for the beginning of art history…
The story of the Gallery and the people who have played a part in its 200-year history, delivered through digital experiences that will create new connections with the collection.
A suite of capital projects has been designed by a team led by Selldorf Architects to benefit everyone who visits the Gallery. Sensitive interventions to our building will reshape the National Gallery for its third century. A transformation of the Sainsbury Wing entrance, the public realm and visitor amenities along with a new Supporters' House and a new Research Centre, will provide a more inspiring and sustainable experience for the millions of you who visit us every year. We are transforming our Centre for Creative Learning, allowing us to be far more ambitious with our educational offer and become the nation’s art classroom.
We are redisplaying the entire National Gallery Collection, with a new emphasis on thematic displays, pairings and surprising ‘artistic conversations’ within a broadly chronological framework.
12 simultaneous exhibitions opening on the same day – 10 May 2024 – at 12 museums and galleries across the 12 regions of the four nations of the UK, and each centred around a National Treasure. More than half the UK population will be within an hour’s journey of a National Gallery masterpiece.
We are bringing the world’s greatest paintings to you. Spectacular exhibitions and creative workshops at Trafalgar Square and across Britain will bring more than half the population within an hour’s journey of one of our masterpieces. New digital experiences will give unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to our collection, work and archives, for all to enjoy, everywhere. We're also updating our building to ensure the best experience possible for our visitors.
A travelling art studio will tour the UK through the year, bringing 200 National Gallery workshops and learning activities to different communities who otherwise would not have ready access.
A national public art commission, celebrating 200 years of the National Gallery – showing how festivals are a part of art, culture and civic-life, and how art and artists can be catalysts of collaboration and joy.
We will collaborate with 200 social media creators from across the UK, celebrating 200 years of the Gallery being a beacon of creativity.
A new online film series that takes viewers behind the scenes of the National Gallery creating a continuous micro documentary that engages people with key aspects of the NG200 programme.
We open the door to the entire history of a painting, in one place, sharing the wealth of the National Gallery’s research, digitally available for everyone, everywhere, anytime.
We will create a new, large-scale digital Gallery experience for the Bicentenary, available via our website.
A festival in Trafalgar Square, programmed with and for children, young people and their families to engage new and diverse audiences. Designed to unlock the nation's creativity and bring the collection to the streets of Westminster.
An exhibition featuring a stunning array of the artist’s most important and well-loved works alongside paintings from private collections never seen in public before. The first major Van Gogh show in the UK since 2010, it promises to be the most spectacular, and comes exactly 100 years after the Gallery acquired 'Van Gogh’s Chair' and 'Sunflowers' (both painted in 1888).
The first ever full-scale exhibition of early Sienese art outside Italy. An opportunity to see some of Europe’s earliest and most exquisite paintings ever produced. Be there for the beginning of art history…
The story of the Gallery and the people who have played a part in its 200-year history, delivered through digital experiences that will create new connections with the collection.
A suite of capital projects has been designed by a team led by Selldorf Architects to benefit everyone who visits the Gallery. Sensitive interventions to our building will reshape the National Gallery for its third century. A transformation of the Sainsbury Wing entrance, the public realm and visitor amenities along with a new Supporters' House and a new Research Centre, will provide a more inspiring and sustainable experience for the millions of you who visit us every year. We are transforming our Centre for Creative Learning, allowing us to be far more ambitious with our educational offer and become the nation’s art classroom.
We are redisplaying the entire National Gallery Collection, with a new emphasis on thematic displays, pairings and surprising ‘artistic conversations’ within a broadly chronological framework.
12 simultaneous exhibitions opening on the same day – 10 May 2024 – at 12 museums and galleries across the 12 regions of the four nations of the UK, and each centred around a National Treasure. More than half the UK population will be within an hour’s journey of a National Gallery masterpiece.
NG200 is our most ambitious campaign ever, and we need your help to make it happen.
We have until our Bicentenary to raise the final £5.8m needed to enrich lives with art, across the nation and the world. As a charity, we depend on your generosity to expand the ways we connect people with paintings and ensure our building can continue to provide a world-class welcome for all. No matter how large or small, each contribution is vital.
The National Gallery is more than a world-class collection – it is a site of creativity, storytelling and discovery, where great artworks from the past inspire new ideas for the future. If you are able, please consider donating today to play a meaningful part in shaping our next 200 years.
We are extremely grateful to everyone who supports NG200 for their commitment to our shared future. If you donate £20 or more today, you will have the rare opportunity for your name to be included as part of a temporary display in our refurbished Gallery from spring 2025.
With Gift Aid, you can add 25% more to your donation at no additional cost to you. If you are a UK taxpayer and choose to Gift Aid your donation, the National Gallery can claim tax back. That means for every £1 you donate, we can claim an extra 25p without costing you a penny.
If we already have a valid Gift Aid declaration on file for your National Gallery account, you won’t be prompted to complete another when donating on this page. For any queries, contact us on development@nationalgallery.org.uk.
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