The Gallery in wartime

Bombs, buns and Beethoven… find out how the Gallery survived the Second World War

The Gallery during the Second World War

From the evacuation of our paintings, to sell-out piano concerts and our first-ever 'Picture of the month', find out about the Gallery's wartime history

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The Gallery in wartime

Learn how the National Gallery survived during the Second World War.
The Myra Hess concerts

During the Second World War the celebrated pianist Myra Hess organised classical music concerts at the National Gallery.
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Whereabouts of paintings 1933–1945

A list of paintings with incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45.
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Picture of the month: October 2022: Noli me Tangere

Discover the painting that started our 'Picture of the month' tradition during the Second World War
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Pauline Matthews' legacy gift: Memories of the Gallery and Manod

Suzanne Bosman tells the story of Pauline Matthews OBE, whose father helped to secure the safety of the Gallery’s paintings during the Second World War