National Portrait Gallery Reviews

Beautiful portraits and entertaining info. panels that teach a lot about history.

The Cezanne exhibition is very well put together and captioned, though expensive, and the permanent displays are great.

The collection definitely worths the visit!! Nicely organised, quiet and clean :)

Absolutely amazing place for a day out, even if you're not extremely interested in art. There are many portarits spanning across many time periods and descriptions of the portraits are interesting. If you are interested in art there is More

Cezanne's Portraits are worth a visit if you like his work. Personally I prefer his landscape works. Cezanne's Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery are the largest collection exhibited in London to date. One can spend 2 hours visiting this exhibition if one thoroughly reads all the notes and studies the paintings of course. This exhibition must be booked and entry is time must be booked.

This is where they keep the original portrait paintings that are well known globally. You can spend all day just browsing.

Come on Friday evening and join in a drawing session on 2nd floor. They provide all the things u need. Quite an interesting thing to do on Friday evening. The collection is vast but I always feel like it's inferior compare to its cousin next door because it only has portraits. Sometimes it feels like a public display of wealth than anything else. I'm sure that's just me. The whole place is good, I'm sure u won't be disappointed.

Good and detailed portraits all in one place, good museum

It was a good collection of art but might not be the ideal place to bring children.

Great place!
Fact: when you ll visit this place you ll get a free history lesson!
Also you ll understand that in those times only rich people could afford to employ artists to paint their portraits.
Basically a museum of first selfies, but masterfully made and accomplished
Enjoy!

We have to go back because there are a lot of things to see

Great place to go. Michael Jackson exhibition is currently showing - really worth a visit.

Always a joy to visit. Its free so why not go and learn something and see masterpieces tou have only ever seen in books, magazines and tv. Well done to the staff who make it a pleasure

Great free exhibits, small high quality exhibitions. Plenty of food for thought. In the heart of London. Visited the cafe which was busy but enjoyable and comptetent staff

Saw the off the wall exhibition and some of the other free exhibitions really nice.

If you've already seen the National Gallery several times, then go there as there are a lot of wonderful paintings even if they are all portraits!

It was so hot my friend and I looked for a cool venue close to where we needed to be later. The National Portrait Gallery fitted the bill perfectly; there was a refreshing chill within. We viewed a couple of the galleries before having a very nice lunch - good food at a reasonable price in pleasant cafe downstairs.

This gallery has some great work on offer but it isn't very inclusive. If you are into seeing lots of self indulged, white and rich people portraits then this place will be heaven. Yes it has all the classic portraits that you studied about British history at school and one gallery dedicated to contemporary greats, as well as a temporary suffragette exhibition BUT it mostly showcases posh, white people. All painted in a similiar style. The curation and storytelling is very interesting though. I did really enjoy the contemporary and suffragette inspired works. There were different painting styles and diverse people on offer with fascinating stories but I wish the other exhibits held such variation and intrigue.

I seem to remember there being more 20th century art last time I visited (several years ago), it seems a shame to have so much Tudor and Victorian art but so little from later on. Granted, we didn't pay to go into the separate exhibition areas, but then we didn't last time either. That said, it always interesting to compare how portrait painting has changed over the years. Did the Tudors really all look the same as each other?

wonderful place
always difficult to leave a one room for the next

If you want to see the original photos of Sultan Abdulhamid, you need to get an appointment about 15 days ago.

Great for my teenage boys studying art and photography.

Interesting gallery featuring portraits of people from different epochs. I enjoyed visiting it very much .

Wonderful place, very calm and beautiful.
In addition, entry is free!

It is a museum pinacoteca where all the portraits of the kings of the UK up to the present time are happening through all the periods. There are also portraits of illustrious personalities living and dead. At present, live portraits are allowed, since in the past only portraits of deceased could be placed
It's worth a visit

Huge amount of pieces in all sorts of styles. There's so much to see it can still be enjoyed on multiple visits.

A place to get lost, too many things to see, too little time

Great museum. Really interesting. Lots of portraits that you will recognise instantly. Good for older kids.

Very interesting permanent collection and excellent events

The national portrait gallery is one of the best galleries in the world in my opinion. For a start it has one of the grandest buildings in one of the nicest parts if London but mostly because of the sheer quality of the art on display. It can take you anywhere from an hour to a day to walk around and dooing it either way is enjoyable.

A place everyone should see. Whether it's to look into the raw filter of today's society, or to steel a glimps at our past, it is an invaluable experience.

Also, chuck them some money if you can. Doesn't have to be alot, but they deserve anything you can spare.

Tretyakov gallery impresses noticeably more. There are very few piercing portraits

Worldclass (free access) museum. It should be in your life bucket list.

I absolutely loved my time we the National Gallery.

My favourite museum in London! They have a fabulous permanent collection and their special exhibitions are always outstanding. Centrally located in Trafalgar Square, it is very easy to find. The permanent exhibitions are free, and it would be a good idea to book in advance for the temporary ones as it can get very busy. There are lockers and a cloakroom if you have things with you that you don't want to carry around, plus a gift shop, bookshop & restaurant. The staff are knowledgeable & friendly and often there are great audio guides, podcasts or leaflets to tell you more about the exhibits. Can't recommend this place enough!

More meaningful if you create a bucket list of what you want to see first. It can be overwhelming like all the other museums.

Amazing and full of historical inspiration. It will take a few hours to walk through as the is so much to see and take in. Well worth a visit. Completely free unless you want to make a voluntary donation.

An absolute must visit site with Nelsons Column, the 3 Lions, water fountains and the national gallery all in one place. Magnificent for anyone who has not yet visited.

My friends and I went particularly to see the Gainsborough Family Portraits exhibition but there is so much here, including a cafe and shop. Well worth a visit for adults and older children in particular.

if people staring at you is your thing this is probably the place for you

Brilliant gallery. Closing soon for a three year refurb.

Everytime i go to the gallery it is breathtaking and fulfills the inner artist in me with the amazing artworks and artists it hosts.

Great place to hang around on a rainy Sunday. Paintings from all the famous artists can be enjoyed for free!

Excellent portrait gallery and we love it especially that is is free to the public

The Michael Jackson exhibit was outstanding. Well worth a visit.

Great place to visit. Lots of interesting pieces to look at.

A nice museum, but a collection of limited interest.

It is not always that you can observe the works of the most famous personalities in the world, this place should not be the first to be visited and if possible separate an entire day to visit the place calmly, enjoy the fine arts and the rest of the day for every meal, or every good song you hear will take you back to that place for a few moments.

Brilliant if you like that sort of thing .could spend all day in there

Less evocative than the v&a or British museum, however still excellent.

Nice change of pace to the National Gallery. All is a bit more condensed, but still very impressive collection of portraits. And of course, it is free. Probably best to go during the week to avoid big crowds. Staff seemed bored as usual in big central tourist attraction. You also can play the game who you would like to hook up with and take pictures of the portrait and then compare with your friends in the end :-)

A wonderful place, free entrance. Here we find the paintings of the greatest Italian and world painters. Each room is a succession of emotions. The room n. 35 houses the paintings of Van Gogh and Monet and the Impressionists. It is surprising that 80% of the works contained in the National Gallery are Italian, from Raphael to Leonardo, to Tintoretto. Great our artists who have filled Europe and beyond with Great Beauty. The next day I returned to the museum, to enjoy these works with greater awareness.

Went to ee the Martin Parr exhibition. A fantastic exhibition, well themed throughout the rooms

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Beautiful / a splendid panorama of portraits from the renaissance to the present day of the people who made the great Britain