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Audio art: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey

Category: Lunchtime talk | Free

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

1 - 2 pm (drop-in)

Room 38

Accessible:

Join us for an audio-described talk and music performance based on different paintings in the collection
Guided tour

Category: Tour | Free

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (excluding public holidays)

3 - 4 pm

Central Hall

Experience a 60-minute taster tour of the collection
C C Land: The Wonder of Art

Spotlight on Room 66: C C Land: The Wonder of Art Spotlight talks

Category: Talk | Free

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 66

A bite-sized introduction to one of our redisplayed galleries
Turner and Constable: Art, life, landscape

Online Members' book club

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

6 - 7 pm BST

Celebrate 250 years of Turner and Constable at this online Members’ book club

Book now Turner and Constable: Art, life, landscape: Online Members' book club
Home-education art session

A creative connection of art, people and ideas

Category: Creative session | Families, for all ages | Free Fully booked

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

10.30 am - 12.30 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning - Clore Art Studio

Explore the Gallery with educator and artist Joanna Conybeare, followed by a creative session in the Clore Art Studio
Picture of the month: Boy bitten by a Lizard

10-minute talk

Category: Talk | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Wednesday, 11 June 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 32

A brief introduction to June's picture of the month
Creative workshop

Capturing clouds in art: Week 2

Category: Creative session | Free

Thursday, 12 June 2025

2.45 - 3.45 pm (drop-in)

Room 19

Bethan Durie

Join us for a cloud sketching workshop inspired by our current exhibition 'Jose Maria Velasco: A View of Mexico'
Cataloguing museum collections: Past, present and future

A roundtable celebrating Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'

Category: Discussion | Free

Thursday, 12 June 2025

6 - 7.45 pm, doors open at 5.30 pm (drop-in)

Pigott Theatre

Join us for a roundtable discussion on cataloguing museum collections, celebrating the recent publication of Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'.
Livestream - Cataloguing museum collections: Past, present and future

A roundtable celebrating Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'

Category: Discussion | Online | Free

Thursday, 12 June 2025

6 - 7.45 pm BST

Join us online for a roundtable discussion on cataloguing museum collections, celebrating the recent publication of Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'.

Book now Livestream - Cataloguing museum collections: Past, present and future: A roundtable celebrating Susan Foister’s 'The German Paintings Before 1800'
Temples of art

The architectural history of the British art gallery

Category: Talk | Free

Friday, 13 June 2025

6.30 - 7.30 pm (drop-in)

Pigott Theatre

As we come to the end of our Bicentenary year, architectural editor John Goodall reflects on 200 years of the National Gallery, and public art galleries more widely
Welcome space weekends and holidays

Our dedicated space for families

Category: Creative session | Families | Free

Saturday and Sundays, Bank holidays and school holidays (Westminster Borough)

10 am - 6 pm (drop-in)

The Welcome Space

We have free drop-in activities and drawing sessions every weekend and school holiday
Seeing the Light: the Art of Looking in and around Duccio's 'Maestà

Category: Lunchtime talk | Free

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

1 - 1.45 pm, doors open at 12.30 pm (drop-in)

Pigott Theatre

Join art historian Richard Stemp for an in-depth look at Duccio’s 'Maestà'
C C Land: The Wonder of Art

Spotlight on Room 30: C C Land: The Wonder of Art Spotlight talks

Category: Talk | Free

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

4 - 4.10 pm (drop-in)

Room 30

A bite-sized introduction to one of our redisplayed galleries
Early Years story session

Category: Creative session | Families, under-5s | Free Fully booked

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

10.30 - 11.30 am, doors open at 10.20 am

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning - Welcome Space

An adventure through the Gallery with story and rhyme
Adult Summer Schools in the Clore Art Studio

Category: Experiences

Thursday, 19 June - Friday, 29 August 2025

Clore Art Studio and in the galleries

This summer, immerse yourself in art-making and creative exploration by joining one of our in-depth summer schools onsite at the Gallery
Reflecting on Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350

Online Members' event

Category: Talk | Online | Members | Free

Thursday, 19 June 2025

4 - 5 pm BST

Revisit Siena before the exhibition closes

Book now Reflecting on Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350: Online Members' event
Friday Lates

Category: Experiences

Fridays

Around the galleries

We're open until 9pm every Friday, so you can take in our collection and exhibitions after hours, and enjoy special events throughout the month
Friday Lates life drawing

2B Or Not 2B Collective

Category: Creative session | Free

Friday, 20 June 2025

Session times

6.15 - 7 pm
7.15 - 8 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning - Social Space

Join 2B Or Not 2B Collective for a fun and energetic evening of drawing exploration to celebrate Pride Month
Friday Lates: Edward Shawcross

The Last Emperor of Mexico

Category: Talks & conversations | Free

Friday, 20 June 2025

6.15 - 7 pm

Room 41

Historian Edward Shawcross tells the barely believable tale of Ferdinand Maximilian who ruled Mexico in the mid-19th century
Friday Lates performance

SOLO presents Rob Burton

Category: Music & performance | Free

Friday, 20 June 2025

Session times

7 - 7.15 pm
8 - 8.15 pm

Room 43

Award-winning musician Rob Burton premieres Alex Groves’ original composition inspired by van Gogh’s ‘A Wheatfield, with Cypresses’

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