National Portrait Gallery - Opening hours, Address, Ticket Prices, What's On

National Portrait Gallery

About the National Portrait Gallery

The gallery houses portraits of historically important and famous British people, selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter, not that of the artist.

The collection includes photographs and caricatures as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture.

One of its best-known images is the Chandos portrait, the most famous portrait of William Shakespeare.

Address

National Portrait Gallery,
St Martin's Place,
London,
WC2H 0HE

Admission Charges

Entry is FREE

Link to National Portrait Gallery's website

National Portrait Gallery Opening Hours

This Week

Sun
15th Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 
Mon
16th Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 
Tues
17th Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 
Wed
18th Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 
Thur
19th Sep
10:00am - 9:00pm
 
Fri
20th Sep
10:00am - 9:00pm
 
Sat
21st Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 

Next Week

Sun
22nd Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 
Mon
23rd Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 
Tues
24th Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 
Wed
25th Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 
Thur
26th Sep
10:00am - 9:00pm
 
Fri
27th Sep
10:00am - 9:00pm
 
Sat
28th Sep
10:00am - 6:00pm
 

 

Exhibitions Opening Soon

£20  
This exhibition explores the extravagant world of the glamorous and stylish ‘Bright Young Things’ of the twenties and thirties, seen through the eye of renowned British photographer Cecil Beaton.
(Open 12th Mar 2020 to 7th Jun 2020)
£20  
The first major exhibition devoted to David Hockney’s drawings in over twenty years.
(Open 27th Feb 2020 to 28th Jun 2020)
Free  
Created in close collaboration with the artist, Elizabeth Peyton: Aire and Angels, explores the development of Peyton’s unique art from the 1990s to the present day.
(Open 3rd Oct 2019 to 5th Jan 2020)
£20  
This major exhibition is the first-ever to focus on the untold story of the women of Pre-Raphaelite art.
(Open 17th Oct 2019 to 26th Jan 2020)

National Portrait Gallery Map

Nearby Venues

1. National Gallery
2. Canada House Gallery
3. Benjamin Franklin House
4. British Council London
5. Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
6. Mall Galleries
7. Household Cavalry Museum
8. Banqueting House
9. London Transport Museum
10. Courtauld Institute of Art
11. Somerset House
12. Churchill War Rooms
13. Museum of Freemasonry
14. Southbank Centre
15. Spencer House

16. Cartoon Museum
17. Jewel Tower
18. The Photographers' Gallery
19. Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum)
20. Sir John Soane's Museum
21. Twinings Museum
22. The British Museum
23. Florence Nightingale Museum
24. The Building Centre
25. Guards Museum
26. Handel House Museum
27. Pollock's Toy Museum
28. Novelty Automation
29. Wiener Library
30. The Queen's Gallery