- There are approximately 2300 works of art on display at the National Gallery, plus regular touring exhibits of art from other major galleries around the world.
- Kindly note that complimentary Preferred card access is not guaranteed during the last week of any given ticketed Special Exhibition at the National Gallery.
- One interesting fact about the National Gallery in London is that it once acted as an incubator to another gallery; the Royal Academy of Arts.
- The National Gallery belongs to the government on behalf of the British public and was formed with the purchase of 38 paintings from a private collection in 1824.
- From 10 May, celebrate 200 years of the National Gallery bringing people and paintings together with the National Gallery's Bicentenary.
- The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London.
- There are so many masterpieces at the National Gallery. But here are 20 famous paintings that every art lover should see, in chronological order.
- Between 1830 and 1840 Eastlake worked devotedly on his notebooks. From 1843 to 1847 he was keeper of the National Gallery , resigning amid unjust criticism .
- The National Gallery was founded in 1824 when the British government bought 38 paintings from the banker John Julius Angerstein for £ 57,000 ( € 67,600).
- Unlike other famous art museums like the Paris Louvre or the Prado in Madrid, the National Gallery did not begin by nationalising a royal collection.