The National Gallery, London

Details of Rachel Ruysch, 'Flowers in a Glass Vase with a Tulip', 1716
Bringing people and paintings together
Admission free, donations welcome
Open daily: 10am - 6pm
Friday lates until 9pm
Trafalgar Square, London
WC2N 5DN
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Visitor at the National Gallery

Portico entrance shop




From Leonardo da Vinci to Vincent van Gogh
Visitor at the National Gallery
Stop by our cafés or join us for lunch, dinner, afternoon tea or cocktails at our stunning restaurant, Ochre.
Ochre restaurant
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Portico entrance shop
Free things for kids of all ages
Exhibitions and displays
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Until 22 June 2025£
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Exhibition
José María Velasco
A View of MexicoUntil 17 August 2025£ -
Exhibition
The Carracci Cartoons: Myths in the Making
Until 6 July 2025Free -
Exhibition
Millet: Life on the Land
7 August – 19 October 2025Free -
Exhibition
Radical Harmony
Helene Kröller-Müller's Neo-Impressionists13 September 2025 – 8 February 2026£ -
Exhibition
Wright of Derby: From the Shadows
7 November 2025 – 10 May 2026£ -
Exhibition
Edwin Austin Abbey: By the Dawn’s Early Light
20 November 2025 – 15 February 2026Free
Events
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Tour
A journey into the collection...
Palette to plate
Category: TourVarious timesFrom £20 -
Tour
Guided tour
Category: TourVarious datesFree -
Talk
Picture of the Month: Mary Magdalene
10-minute talk
Category: TalkWednesday, 30 April 2025, 4 pmFree -
Course | Online
Stories of Art 1700-1800
Category: Course | OnlineVarious datesFrom £85.50 -
Talk | Online | Members
Holbein: The Ambassadors
Members' talk and Q&A
Category: Talk | Online | MembersWednesday, 30 April 2025, 6 pm BSTFree -
Talks & conversations
Talk and tour
The language of landscape
Category: Talks & conversationsThursday, 1 May 2025, 1 pmFree -
Talk | Online | Members
Curators' online tour of Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300‒1350
Members' stream and Q&A
Category: Talk | Online | MembersThursday, 1 May 2025, 7 pm BSTFrom £10 -
Creative session | Online
Talk and draw
Cephalus carried off by Aurora in her Chariot
Category: Creative session | OnlineFriday, 2 May 2025, 4 pm BSTFree -
Course | Online
Art and society
Category: Course | OnlineTuesday, 6 May 2025, 3.30 pm BSTFrom £42.75 -
Talk | Online | Members
A National Gallery birthday quiz
Members' event
Category: Talk | Online | MembersTuesday, 6 May 2025, 6 pm BSTFree -
Course
Painting with egg tempera
Category: CourseVarious datesFrom £288 -
Fully bookedCreative session | Families
Home-education art session
A creative connection of art, people and ideas
Category: Creative session | Families Fully bookedThursday, 8 May 2025, 10.30 amFree
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