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National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place London, Greater London WC2H 0EHt : view phone020 7306 0055
w : npg.org.uk
Description
Founded in 1856, the aim of the National Portrait Gallery, London is ‘to promote through the medium of portraits the appreciation and understanding of the men and women who have made and are making British history and culture, and ... to promote the appreciation and understanding of portraiture in all media’.
Like other national museums, the Gallery is supported both by government and increasingly by a large number of individuals, companies, trusts and foundations, as well as by the receipts from ticketed exhibitions, shops, catering and events.
Hours of work
Daily 10-6
Thursday-Friday until 9
Directions
The nearest Underground stations to the Gallery are: Charing Cross 230 metres, Leicester Square 195 metres, and Embankment 490 metres. Please note these stations do not have a lift.
Gay Icons
2 July - 18 October, 2009
Gay Icons explores gay social and cultural history through the unique personal insights of ten high profile gay figures. (Image: Joe Dallesandro by Paul Morrissey, 1968 © Paul Morrissey, 1968).
Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed
15 October - 24 January, 2010
Beatles to Bowie explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create ‘Swinging London' in the 1960s. (Image: The Beatles by Robert Whitaker, 1964 Robert Whitaker Archive © Robert Whitaker)
