The Gallery nationwide

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The Gallery’s national strategy promotes the understanding, knowledge
and appreciation of Old Master paintings throughout the UK. It is our
ambition to give these paintings a major role in modern cultural life.

Masterpiece Tour

Detail from Hans Holbein the Younder, A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell?), about 1526-8

Our three-year UK touring exhibition programme

Curatorial Traineeships

Curatorial Traineeships 2018

Supported by the National Gallery and  Art Fund

Subject Specialist Network

Guest at a subject specialist network

Subject Specialist Network: European paintings pre-1900

Ferens Art Gallery rare acquisition

Detail from Pietro Lorenzetti, 'Christ between Saints Paul and Peter', c. 1320 © Ferens Art Gallery, Hull Museums

How the Gallery assisted the acquisition of a rare work

National Inventory Research Project

Detail from Nicholas-Edward Gabé (1814-1865), 'The Barricade at Porte St. Denis, 1848', 1849. © The Bowes Museum, Co. Durham

Researching pre-1900 European paintings in UK public collections

Borrowing from the National Gallery

National Gallery entrance

Guide to help UK borrowers who wish to submit a loan request

Shared paintings

Detail from Titian, 'Diana and Actaeon', 1556-1559 © The National Gallery London / The National Galleries of Scotland

Paintings that are jointly owned or on long-term loan

Sharing expertise

Detail from Titian, 'The Triumph of Love', mid-1540s, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Photo © The National Gallery, London

Advice and consultation for museums around the UK

Exhibition tour

Detail from George Shaw, 'The Living and The Dead', 2015–16 © Courtesy: The Artist and Wilkinson Gallery, London

'George Shaw: My Back to Nature' is touring the UK in 2018