Terms of use

Set out below are the Terms and Conditions for use of the National Gallery’s website.  By using the site, you have accepted them. From time to time these terms and conditions may be changed. If you are a frequent visitor to the site, please review them regularly.

Privacy statement

The National Gallery is committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect about you to provide specific services you have requested. We may also use it to tell you about changes in our services, future events and developments, or about special offers we think you'll find of interest. 

All of the information you give us is private and secure. We do not currently sell or rent information, and would not do so without asking you first. Under the UK Data Protection Act 1998, we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us to prevent unauthorised access. Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we are able to disclose sensitive information to you.

By disclosing your personal information to us using this website or over the telephone, you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by the National Gallery in the manner set out in this privacy statement.

If you have any questions or concerns about the information we hold about you, you can email us at information@ng-london.org.uk

Copyright

The National Gallery's website and its contents are copyright of the National Gallery. Material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an educational organisation (such as schools, colleges and universities). This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context or altered format such as stretched, compressed, coloured or altered in any way so as to distort its original format.

Where any of the items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged, eg: “Leonardo, The Virgin of the Rocks, 1491-1508 Photo © The National Gallery, London”.

Commercial users identifying an image that they wish to reproduce on a commercial basis should contact:

The National Gallery Company’s Picture Library
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7747 5994
Fax: Fax +44 (0)20 7747 5999

Filming and photography are not allowed in the Gallery unless prior permission is given. To arrange a location shoot, please contact:

The National Gallery Company’s Location Film Unit
Tel: +44 (0)20 7747 5996 
Email: filming@nationalgallery.co.uk

Links

You are welcome to link to the National Gallery website from any personal websites, blogs or channels which are run for your own use and not for profit.

However, the Gallery requires written permission before links can be published on any corporate, commercial or professional websites.

Links from our website lead to other sites
The National Gallery does not endorse or sponsor or otherwise approve of any information or images or further links to other sites that appear in those websites.

Viruses

Every effort has been made to ensure that the site is free from viruses, but the National Gallery offers no warranties that its site is free from viruses, and the user is responsible for ensuring that they have installed adequate virus-checking software.

Disclaimer

While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information and copyright of material on this website, any and all liability which might arise from your use of and reliance on the information contained on the website is excluded.

Freedom of Information

The Gallery website contains details the organisation’s governance and policies. Please read our Freedom of Information Policy to find out what kind of information we publish and how regularly.

Log files

In common with most websites, the National Gallery retains a log of certain information about every request sent to it. This information is used for system administration and for compiling statistics. Some of this information may be made public but, if this is done, the information will be in summary form and would not enable individuals to be identified. Data may also be on occasion used to enable investigation of technical problems on the website, unless required by law, logged information is not passed to any third party.