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, ...

This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as ...

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 ...

This book introduces the reader to the key people who have shaped the history of Britain, its culture and identity, by exploring essential highlights from the National Portrait Gallery’s unrivalled ...

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 ...

Born in Scotland, Henry Raeburn was first apprenticed to a goldsmith, but turned to painting miniatures, an art in which he was apparently self-taught. In around 1780 Raeburn married Ann Leslie, a ...

Join us for a discussion with previous winners of the Portrait Award, Ishbel Myerscough and Stuart Pearson Wright, as they talk about their careers in… ...

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 ...

Speak to our friendly Events Team today to discover how we can bring your event to life inside the Gallery. From the contemporary to the classical, the National Portrait Gallery has a space to suit ...