Collection audio tour
Make the very most of your time here with our self-guided audio tour of the National Gallery.
Our audio guide of more than 60 stops takes you on a journey across our redisplayed galleries. Discover hidden stories, hear from expert speakers, and learn about our world-famous paintings.
Save £2 by booking in advance.
Advance online price: £5
Please bring your own mobile device and headphones
Available languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Mandarin
Accessible versions: BSL, Audio Described
Let us guide you around the collection with curated tours to see our highlight paintings or pick from themed routes like hidden gems and contemporary artists’ voices.
You can also personalise your experience! Answer a few questions, like how long you want to spend in the Gallery and what your favourite themes are to look at, and we’ll create a bespoke tour just for you.
Explore our paintings with experts from the Gallery and beyond. Hear from voices as wide ranging as HRH Princess Eugenie, ‘Gruffalo’ illustrator Axel Scheffler, broadcaster and actor Stephen Fry, astrophysicist Becky Smethurst, artist Nalini Malani and National Gallery Director, Sir Gabriele Finaldi.
National Gallery audio tours are powered by Smartify.
You can also access, for free, additional information about all our paintings on display. Find this on our website collection pages or with our digital guide, powered by Smartify.
Scan our paintings with the Smartify app during your visit to read additional content on your phone or tablet. You can even save your favourite paintings to your collection to explore when you get home.
Highlight paintings from our collection have free BSL video descriptions and audio descriptions, accessible on our website collection pages and the Smartify app. More of these are coming soon.
Enjoy our ticketed exhibitions with National Gallery curators and expert voices in these self-guided audio tours. They are available in English, BSL and AD, as well as some international languages.
Make the very most of your visit to our exhibition José María Velasco: A View of Mexico with this specially curated, self-guided, audio tour. Narrated by Mexican actor Darío Yazbek Bernal, the tour features interviews with the show's co-curators Daniel Ralston and Dexter Dalwood.
You’ll need to bring your own mobile device to access the tour either on the web or the Smartify app – don’t forget your headphones for the best listening experience!
Purchase the tour with your ticket, and find your exclusive link to access the tour on the day of your visit on your e-ticket, sent after purchase.
£4 per person
Join the curators of Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller's Neo-Impressionists for a deeper journey through luminous works and pure visions of colour.
You’ll need to bring your own mobile device to access the tour either on the web or the Smartify app – don’t forget your headphones for the best listening experience!
Purchase the tour with your ticket, and find your exclusive link to access the tour on the day of your visit on your e-ticket, sent after purchase.
£5 per person
