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See the consequences of artist Richard Wilson’s 18th-century rule breaking and the challenges it presents for restorers today.

See how Ralph Wornum, the Keeper of the National Gallery, and his wife, as well as their 14 children, lived in the Gallery.

From Pall Mall to Trafalgar Square, following the Gallery's development in its earliest years.

The Gallery faced new challenges in the 20th century, find out how it survived and thrived in this time

Find out how the Gallery grew and developed in its most recent history.

Learn about the conservation treatment of Orazio’s ‘The Finding of Moses’ and how our Conservation and Scientific teams uncovered the artist’s technique and the changes he made to arrive at the final image. 

Seeing ‘Bathers’ without its frame, raises both insights and questions about this large scale work from the end of Cezanne’s career.