NG Stories big screen content list

For more information about the content featured in the NG Stories content playing on the big screen in the Sainsbury Wing please see the following list:

Safeguarding national treasures

Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 

GWR container arriving at Manod quarry in 1941 during WWII, original photo GWR, 2008, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Crates of art treasures being stored in Manod caves, Wales, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, the caves are supplied with electricity and air conditioning, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, here, a painting is brought in a sealed container from the underground storeroom to the restoring studio, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 

Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, Mr G. Wilkinson checks the air conditioning in the caves, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

Engineer in charge J.R. Jones takes a reading of the relative humidity in a subterranean chamber at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery have been moved for safe keeping during wartime, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II, ledgers with details of the artworks are also stored in the mountain hideaway, September 1942, Photograph. Image Source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

Paintings are taken out of storage and hung up in the main hall for routine inspection at an underground facility at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery have been moved for wartime safe keeping, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

Art treasures from the National Gallery are moved to Manod Quarry slate caverns in Merionethshire, Wales, for safekeeping during World War II. There, a huge painting of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne is brought out for inspection by art experts, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

Art restorer W.A. Holder working on 'A Sporting Contest on the Tiber at Rome' by Joseph Vernet in a studio at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery have been moved for wartime safe keeping, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

Music in wartime

Bomb damage to Room 26 (National Gallery, London) during the Second World War, 1940, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London 

Bomb damage to Room 6 (National Gallery, London) during the Second World War, 1940, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London  

Footage of the National Gallery wartime concerts, featuring pianist Dame Myra Hess, from 'London wartime concert', 1942. Source: British Film Institute/via Getty Images

Room 36 at the National Gallery, London, 2008, Photograph. Image source: Scanderbeg Sauer Photography/The National Gallery, London 

Room 37 at the National Gallery, London, 2008, Photograph. Image source: Scanderbeg Sauer Photography/The National Gallery, London 

The National Gallery within Trafalgar Square  

The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London. The church of St Martin-in-the-Fields is in the background, c.1892, Photograph. Image source: Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

The renovation of the central dome of the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square, London, 12 June 1985, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Stuart Nicol/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession passes the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, 22 June 1897, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images 

High-angle view of a mass of demonstrators, filling Trafalgar Square near the National Gallery on a sunny day, protesting the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, London, England, 1967, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Stuart Lutz/Gado/Getty Images 

Two boys playing by a fountain in Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery in the background, c.1900, Photograph. Image source: Photo by F. J. Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

People sitting in Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery in the background, 1971, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Jurgen Schadeberg/Getty Images  

Summer on the Square, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London  

How gallery displays have changed over time

Room 7 (now room 32) at the National Gallery, London, 1920, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 7 (now room 32) at the National Gallery, London, 1929, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, 1990, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, 2020, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Dome of Room 36 as seen from room 16 at the National Gallery, London, 1923, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 36 and Room 34 at the National Gallery, London, 2005, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 36 at the National Gallery, London, [exact date unknown], Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 36 at the National Gallery, London, 2008, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London/Scanderbeg Sauer Photography

Room 36 at the National Gallery, London, 2020, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Roll back time

Room 9 at the National Gallery, London, 2023, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 12 at the National Gallery, London, 2017, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 35 at the National Gallery, London, 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Lower Galleries at the National Gallery, London, 2014, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 34 at the National Gallery, London, 2012, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Lower Galleries at the National Gallery, London, 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Sainsbury wing at the National Gallery, London, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 3 at the National Gallery, London, 1989, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 9 at the National Gallery, London, 1988, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 8 at the National Gallery, London, 1977, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 32 at the National Gallery, London, [exact date unknown], Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Visitors in the galleries at the National Gallery, London, 1968, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 12 at the National Gallery, London, 1923, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 29 at the National Gallery, London, 1950, Photograph. Image source: Photo by The Ministry of Works/The National Gallery, London

Room 1 at the National Gallery, London, 1948, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Vestibule at the National Gallery, London during the Second World War, 1942, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Duveen Room at the National Gallery, London, 1932, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Duveen Room at the National Gallery, London, c.1930, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Copyists in the Gallery, 1928, Photograph. Image source: Photopress/The National Gallery, London

Room 26 at the National Gallery, London, 1924, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Vestibule at the National Gallery, London, [exact date unknown], Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 36 at the National Gallery, London, 1923, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Room 12 at the National Gallery, London, 1923, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Turner Room at the National Gallery, London, 1907, Photograph. Image source: Photo: The National Gallery, London

The Print Collector, Exhibition of William Turner's paintings in the National Gallery, London, circa 1903, Photograph. Image source: Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images

Giuseppe Gabrielli, Room 32 in the National Gallery, London, 1886. Image source: Crown Copyright: UK Government Art Collection

Bertha Mary Garnett, A Corner of The Turner Room in the National Gallery, 1883. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Frederick Mackenzie, The National Gallery when at Mr J. J. Angerstein's House, Pall Mall, made between 1824 and 1834. Image source: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

How the National Gallery building has changed over time

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A new home

William Wilkins, National Gallery, Council Room, details, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London 

William Wilkins, National Gallery, Doors within the Portico, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London  

William Wilkins, National Gallery, Cornices to Galleries etc, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London  

William Wilkins, National Gallery, Art and Science Buildings, Octagonal Turrets, Detail, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London 

William Wilkins, National Gallery: First Building. Section and elevation of iron railings and curb stone etc on front and side of National Gallery, 1833, Architectural Drawing. Image source: The National Archives, London 

Architectural features of the Wilkins Building, 2009-2023, Photographs. Image source: The National Gallery, London 

A gallery for the people

Claude, Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula, 1641. Image source: The National Gallery, London  

Frederick Mackenzie, The National Gallery when at Mr J. J. Angerstein's House, Pall Mall, made between 1824 and 1834. Image source: Victoria and Albert Museum, London  

Room 8 at the National Gallery, London, 2018, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London 

Gallery 2 featuring NG1 - Sebastiano del Piombo, incorporating designs by Michelangelo,
'The Raising of Lazarus' (1517-19), 2025, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

The Leonardo appeal

High-angle view of visitors inspecting the 'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist' (also known as 'The Burlington House Cartoon'), a preparatory drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, on display at the National Gallery in London, England, 31 March 1962, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images  

Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist ('The Burlington House Cartoon'), about 1506-8. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Visitor memories

Tom Whitehead, Trafalgar Sq. and The National Gallery, c.1920s/30s, Etching. Image source: Image courtesy of Hester Thomas and Calderdale Museums  

People who care for the collection

Staff at work in the Conservation Department, 1978, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Gallery Director with Senior Curators planning the hang of paintings in the Sainsbury Wing, early 1990s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Attendants take 'Cardinal Richelieu' by Philippe de Champaigne out of storage for routine inspection in an underground facility at Manod Quarry, north Wales, where paintings from the National Gallery have been moved for wartime safe keeping, September 1942, Photograph. Image source: Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Staff at work in the Conservation Department, 1978, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Paintings are relocated at the National Gallery in London after World War II, two men carry 'The Interior of St Peter's in Rome' by Giovanni Paolo Panini through the gallery, 21 May 1947, Photograph. Image source: Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Visitors Browsing in the Gallery Shop, 1979, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Lucy Close and Elizabeth Churchyard in the Photographic Studio, 1980, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Staff at work in the Library, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Gallery Warder helping a visitor, 1980, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

James Heard as Gainsborough for a Meet the Artist event, 1981, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Staff at work in the Library, 1991, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Conservator, Janet Brough, at work in the Conservation Studio, 1986, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Museum keeper and his dog making his rounds at the National Gallery in London, United Kingdom, 6 October 1962, Photograph. Image source: Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Joyce Plesters with the Zeiss Laser Microspectral Analyser analysing paint cross-sections, 1977, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Archivist, Alan Crookham, in the Archive store, 2009, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Cleaning Library books, 2009, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

John Mills at work in the Scientific Department, c.1980s, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Photographer Astrid Athen photographing 'Richard II presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund ('The Wilton Diptych')' - English or French, (?) (about 1395-9), 2015, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Joseph Padfield 3D Scanning 'Equestrian Portrait of Charles I' by Anthony van Dyck (about 1638–9), 2018, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

David Peggie and Helen Howard, Scientific Officers operating the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) equipment and scanning 'The Virgin and Child with Saints George, James the Greater and a Donor' by Giovanni Martini da Udine (probably about 1500-25), 2017, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Courtney Border at Work in the Photographic Archive, 2023, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Photographer Tom Patterson photographing 'The Adoration of the Kings' by Paolo Veronese (1573), 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Protective Services Officer Alan Allison in Room 38, 2023, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Frame Conservator Isabella Kocum at work in the Framing Studio, 2020, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Framing and Conservation Technician Joshua Page at work in the Frame Store, 2019, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Frame Conservator Louisa Davey gilding a frame, 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Art Road Trip Facilitators, Chioma Ince and Elisha Keyworth with the Art Road Trip Bus in Trafalgar Square, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Marc Woodhead at a Talk and Draw Event, 2013, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Christopher Riopelle, The Neil Westreich Curator of post-1800 Paintings, at the paper hang for the Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Staff at the paper hang for the Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Caroline Marcus and Stephanie Cobb at a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted Gallery talk, 2008, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Lead Curator Susanna Avery-Quash giving a talk during the NG200 Big Birthday Late, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Larry Keith, Director of Conservation, in the Conservation Studio with 'The Virgin of the Rocks' by Leonardo da Vinci (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8), 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Luke Syson, Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500 Head of Research in front of Leonardo's 'The Virgin of the Rocks' (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8), 2011, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Kendall Francis, Conservation Fellow, working on Giovanni di Matteo's 'The Assumption of the Virgin' (probably 1474), 2022, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Art Handlers hanging 'The Supper at Emmaus' by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601), 2016, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Art Handling moving 'The Raising of Lazarus' by Sebastiano del Piombo, incorporating designs by Michelangelo (1517-19), 2010, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London

Archivist Nicholas Smith giving a talk at a Members' Event in the Research Centre, 2024, Photograph. Image source: The National Gallery, London