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National Portrait Gallery
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based on 5854 reviewsOpen today at 10:30-18:00
Recommended sightseeing time:1-3 hour
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St. Martin's Pl, London WC2H 0HE, United KingdomMap
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My young daughter and I are very excited to be able to go to the National Portrait Gallery, and one reason is that it is still free! We had a fantastic visit and saw a large number of artists on display, and the historical figures that went on to Princess Diana and even updated, really wonderful. The beautiful venue layout made people have a good experience and definitely added points to our trip to London.
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This is a very unique one among the museums and galleries in London, specializing in the collection of portraits of people, and the photography of people is also exhibited from time to time. The importance of the person in the painting determines whether the portrait will be collected by the National Portrait Gallery. The gallery was founded in 1856 and houses many well-known paintings in Western Europe, including works by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Cézanne and others. Contemporary paintings are also exhibited from time to time, and the annual BP Portrait Competition is held. The collections of the National Gallery are displayed in different exhibition rooms and are divided into five parts. Except for a Victorian portrait exhibition room, the rest are classified according to historical years, and there are about 10,000 works from the 15th century to the present. Among these works, about 4,000 are oil paintings, sculptures, etc., 60% of which have been exhibited in museums or on tour. If you want to visit in chronological order, it is recommended to start with the Sainsbury exhibition room, and then the west, north and east exhibition rooms. The museum also has 220,000 portrait-related photographs, of which at least 130,000 have original negatives. The age of these works is from 1840 to the present, and it is mainly divided into two parts. The more important collections are led by "P", and the general collections are led by "X".
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My young daughter and I are very excited to be able to go to the National Portrait Gallery, and one reason is that it is still free! We had a fantastic visit and saw a large number of artists on display, and the historical figures that went on to Princess Diana and even updated, really wonderful. The beautiful venue layout made people have a good experience and definitely added points to our trip to London.
This is a wonderful place to while away a couple of hours. The subjects range from royalty to sportspersons, film stars, engineers, inventors, the list goes on; and there are photographic portraits as well as paintings. Unusually for such places, there is no objection to taking non-flash photos.
London is also the capital of art! Museums and galleries of all countries are free to the public! Children are inspired by art from an early age, it is really good! I envy them for having such a good resource!
London has always been an art civilization. This portrait museum is not far from the National Gallery. There are many portraits in it, from royalty to royalty to ordinary people. I saw Shakespeare and Red K. These costumes are really beautiful. If you have a day you can walk around and find a portrait that looks like you.
The newly re-opened NPG is definitely worth a visit. The new hang presents a new way of looking at portraitures.
The National Gallery of the United Kingdom is located near Trafalgar Square in central London, United Kingdom. The National Gallery is free to donate without paying for admission. In the morning, the British Museum turned 6 £ guide into a burden, and decided to love what to see. Many of the characters from the Tudor, Victorian and modern eras in the 15th century are displayed here. I love classicism more: delicate brushwork, elegant color, beautiful frames! We are happy and full of eyes. The visitors are extremely quiet. You can use the translator to translate the text, great joy!