The National Gallery, London

1. Exteriors of the National Gallery
2. Sainsbury Wing entrance and view to Richard Long, 'Mud Sun', 2025
3. Jacopo di Cione and workshop, 'San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece', 1370-1 and 'Crucifix', Segna di Bonaventura, about 1310-15
4. Paolo Uccello, 'The Battle of San Romano', 1438-40
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
Browse our prints, souvenirs and latest gifts
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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Creative session | Families
Art Road Trip
Coming home
Category: Creative session | FamiliesSaturday, 10 May 2025, 11 amFree -
Fully bookedCreative session | Families, under-5s
Early years art session
Category: Creative session | Families, under-5s Fully bookedMonday, 12 May 2025, 1.30 pmFree -
Tour | Members
The life and times of William Hogarth
Category: Tour | MembersVarious timesFrom £20 -
Course | Online
Landscape and layering: Drawing your environment
Category: Course | OnlineMonday, 12 May 2025, 6.30 pm BSTFrom £8 -
Talks & conversations
Audio art: Utterly in the picture
May
Category: Talks & conversationsTuesday, 13 May 2025, 1 pmFree -
Tour
Guided tour
Category: TourVarious datesFree -
Talk
C C Land: The Wonder of Art
Spotlight on Room 55
Category: TalkTuesday, 13 May 2025, 4 pmFree -
Tour | Members
The collection through colour
The colour black
Category: Tour | MembersVarious timesFrom £20 -
Talks & conversations | Members
A National Treasure returns
Category: Talks & conversations | MembersWednesday, 14 May 2025, 10.30 amFrom £20 -
Tour | Members
Into the collection
The story of the Impressionists
Category: Tour | MembersVarious timesFrom £20 -
Fully bookedCourse
Painting with egg tempera
Category: Course Fully bookedVarious datesFrom £288 -
Course | Online
Stories of Art 1700-1800
Category: Course | OnlineVarious datesFrom £85.50
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