Join our free monthly session for Under 5s. Explore the gallery and the collection with your family through stories, songs and making activities.

The Gallery is home to the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. Search over 220,000 works, from the 8th century to the present day. A new BBC Radio 4 series to mark our reopening. Over ...

Exhibition entry is free for Members. For the best experience and to ensure entry at your preferred time, we recommend pre-booking a free slot by logging into your Membership account. Alternatively, ...

Membership has changed. We’ve curated a new style of event that will help you experience our reimagined Gallery in creative and stimulating new ways, and socialise with each other in our inspiring ...

Join us for an extended in person Members’ Afternoon Preview of the exhibition Francis Bacon: Human Presence. Featuring works from the 1950s onwards, this exhibition will explore Francis Bacon’s deep ...

The timeline below will take you through the National Portrait Gallery's history, from how it came to be in existence to the present day. To use, click the arrows on either side of the slides to go ...

Step inside the gallery before the crowds and follow our experienced guide on an intimate journey to uncover the hidden history behind some of the key… Join our free monthly session for Under 5s.

This informal display in our Studio Gallery provides a snapshot of the Learning & Engagement activity that has happened both in and outside the Gallery since we reopened to the public just over a year ...

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Tudor paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger and contemporary photography by Hiroshi Sugimoto meet in the National Portrait Gallery’s first exhibition of historic portraiture since reopening, ...