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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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  • Opening hours:
    Sunday—Thursday: 10:30 AM—6:00 PM
    Friday—Saturday: 10:30 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Art gallery
  • 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”
  • Address: London, WC2H 0HE
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Art gallery
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The is an art museum in in the , in , England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.

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is a Church of England parish church at the north-east corner of in the , . Dedicated in honour of Saint Martin of Tours, there has been a church on the site since at least the medieval period. is situated 390 feet southeast of National Portrait Gallery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and West End of London.

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is an ethnic enclave in the , London, bordering to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.

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The is a district of , England, in the and the . It is west of the and north of the , in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops…

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is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of , and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

National Portrait Gallery

Latitude
51.5093° or 51° 30′ 34″ north
Longitude
-0.12821° or 0° 7′ 42″ west
Levels
3
Height
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGV5C+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 59161723
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­gallery
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q238587
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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: “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”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalna galerija portretov”
  • Slovenian: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Slovenian: “NPG”
  • 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”

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