National Gallery
United Kingdom · founded 1824
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi.
- Visitors a year
- 3.2MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1824Founded
What to see
Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck, 1434.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Rokeby Venus
Diego Velázquez, 1644.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Hay Wain
John Constable, 1821.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Supper at Emmaus
Caravaggio, 1601.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Venus and Mars
Sandro Botticelli, 1485.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.nationalgallery.org.uk before you travel.
Getting there
Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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