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.
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  • Art gallery
  • …is also known as “National Portrait Gallery (London)”
  • …is partly wheelchair accessible
  • …stands 59 feet (18 metres) tall
  • …has 3 floors
  • Opening hours:
    Sunday–Thursday: 10:30 AM–6:00 PM
    Friday–Saturday: 10:30 AM–9:00 PM
  • Description: art museum in London, England, United Kingdom
  • Address: London, WC2H 0HE

Places of Interest Nearby

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National Portrait Gallery

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Latitude
51.5093° or 51° 30′ 34″ north
Longitude
-0.12821° or 0° 7′ 42″ west
Open location code
9C3XGV5C+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
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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”
  • Breton: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Bulgarian: “Национална портретна галерия”
  • Catalan: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Chinese: “国家肖像美术馆”
  • 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”
  • German: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Hebrew: “גלריית הדיוקנאות הלאומית”
  • Hungarian: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Indonesian: “Galeri Potret Nasional, London”
  • 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: “Nacionālā portretu galerija”
  • Macedonian: “Национална портретна галерија”
  • Malay: “Galeri Potret Kebangsaan, London”
  • Manipuri: “ꯅꯦꯁꯅꯦꯜ ꯄꯣꯔꯇ꯭ꯔꯦꯠ ꯒꯦꯂꯔꯂꯤ, ꯂꯟꯗꯟ”
  • 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”
  • Romanian: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Russian: “Национальная портретная галерея”
  • Serbian: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “National Portrait Gallery, London”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalna galerija portretov”
  • Slovenian: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Spanish: “Galería Nacional de Retratos”
  • 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”
  • “Great Britain National Portrait Gallery”
  • “London National Portrait Gallery”
  • “NPG”
  • “NPG London”

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