National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in London, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Great Britain National Portrait Gallery”, “London National Portrait Gallery”, “National Portrait Gallery (London)”, “National Portrait Gallery London”, “National Portrait Gallery, London”, “NPG”, and “NPG London”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
National Gallery
Art gallery
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and West End of London.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.
West End of London
Locality
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The West End of London is a district of Central London, England, in the London Boroughs of Camden and the City of Westminster. It is west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops…
Covent Garden
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Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
National Portrait Gallery
- Categories: art museum, national museum, non-departmental public body, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“National Portrait Gallery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معرض اللوحات القومي”
- Armenian: “Դիմանկարների ազգային պատկերասրահ”
- Armenian: “Լոնդոնի դիմանկարների ազգային պատկերասրահ”
- Basque: “Erretratuen Galeria Nazionala”
- Basque: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальная партрэтная галерэя (Лёндан)”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальная партрэтная галерэя, Лондан”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальная партрэтная галерэя”
- Bengali: “ন্যাশনাল পোর্ট্রেট গ্যালারি, লন্ডন”
- Bengali: “ন্যাশনাল পোর্ট্রেট গ্যালারি”
- Breton: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Bulgarian: “Национална портретна галерия”
- Catalan: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Chinese: “國家肖像藝廊”
- Chinese: “國家肖像館”
- Chinese: “英國國家肖像藝廊”
- Czech: “Národní portrétní galerie”
- Czech: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Danish: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Dutch: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معرض اللوحات القومى”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Portretgalerio”
- Finnish: “National Portrait Gallery”
- French: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Galician: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Georgian: “პორტრეტების ეროვნული გალერეა, ლონდონი”
- Georgian: “პორტრეტების ეროვნული გალერეა”
- German: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Hebrew: “גלריית הדיוקנאות הלאומית”
- Hungarian: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Indonesian: “Galeri Potret Nasional, London”
- Indonesian: “Galeri Potret Nasional”
- Irish: “Gailearaí na bPortráidí Náisiúnta, Londain”
- Irish: “Gailearaí na bPortráidí Náisiúnta”
- Italian: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Japanese: “ナショナル・ポートレート・ギャラリー”
- Japanese: “国立肖像画美術館”
- Korean: “국립 초상화 미술관”
- Latvian: “Great Britain National Portrait Gallery”
- Latvian: “London National Portrait Gallery”
- Latvian: “Nacionālā portretu galerija”
- Latvian: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Macedonian: “Национална портретна галерија”
- Malay: “Galeri Potret Kebangsaan, London”
- Mazanderani: “پرتره ملی نگارخنه”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Norwegian: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Persian: “گالری ملی پرتره”
- Polish: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Portuguese: “Galeria Nacional de Retratos da Grã-Bretanha”
- Portuguese: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Portuguese: “NPG London”
- Portuguese: “NPG”
- Romanian: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Russian: “Национальная портретная галерея”
- Serbian: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Serbian: “NPG”
- Serbo-Croatian: “National Portrait Gallery, London”
- Serbo-Croatian: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Slovenian: “Nacionalna galerija portretov”
- Slovenian: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Slovenian: “NPG”
- Spanish: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Swedish: “National Portrait Gallery”
- Thai: “หอศิลป์ภาพเหมือนแห่งชาติ (ลอนดอน)”
- Thai: “หอศิลป์ภาพเหมือนแห่งชาติ ลอนดอน”
- Thai: “หอศิลป์ภาพเหมือนแห่งชาติ”
- Thai: “หอศิลป์ภาพเหมือนแห่งชาติบริเตนใหญ่”
- Thai: “หอศิลป์ภาพเหมือนแห่งชาติลอนดอน”
- Thai: “เอ็นพีจี ลอนดอน”
- Thai: “เอ็นพีจี”
- Turkish: “Ulusal Portre Galerisi”
- Ukrainian: “Національна портретна галерея (Лондон)”
- Ukrainian: “Національна портретна галерея”
- Urdu: “نیشنل پورٹریٹ گیلری، لندن”
- Welsh: “Galeri Genedlaethol o Bortreadau”
- Welsh: “Oriel Bortreadau Genedlaethol”
- Welsh: “yr Oriel Bortreadau Genedlaethol”
- Welsh: “Yr Oriel Bortreadau Genedlaethol”
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