The Guildhall Art Gallery Reviews

Not to be missed for those who are passionate about art in this case paintings. Especially because there are paintings by the Pre-Raphaelites.

Nice selection of painting, but my reason for visiting was the Roman Amphitheatre in the basement. Not a great deal left but amazing what London is built on. Free to enter and well worth a visit.

Fantastic gallery. The Roman Amphitheatre was well worth the visit. Highly recommend a visit.

Fabulous art gallery on multiple levels. Make sure you goto the basement first and work your way up.

Free admission to the museum. Very quiet and comfortable art museum. There is a place to sit and there is a souvenir shop.

I stopped by for a while, and I came out to listen to the closing exhibition [15-10-5 minutes ago] rather than children like [the children in art]. ^^

Interesting gallery with a range of not-quite top class paintings beautifully displayed. Some of the works will appeal more to people with an interest in the history of London as they are evocative of life in the streets and pageantry of the past. Included in the visit is the Roman amphitheatre, again lavishly presented (I'm guessing the Corporation of the City of London has more money than most local councils). Well worth a visit.

Beautiful art gallery. take a look at the bottom floor with the Roman ruins

Free-small-some beautiful paintings! good variety-something different. Worth going to.

Very interesting well worth a visit especially the Jane Churchill exhibit

Hidden gem with interesting paintings, expecially preraphaelites and the ruins of Roman amphitheater

Small Gallery with some exquisite paintings.. In the basement is a Roman amphitheatre which is great to find after soaking up the fantastic artworks. Grab a free audio guide from the reception it's great to enhance the history portrayed in the building.

A hidden gem in the heart of London, I especially enjoyed walking through Londinium's Roman Amphitheatre in the basement. Superb collection of 19th century art, with Millais, Holman Hunt and two particularly lovely Tissot. And all free of charge. Highly recommended.

The Guildhall Art Gallery houses the art collection of the City of London, England. It is a stone building in a semi-gothic style intended to be sympathetic to the historic Guildhall, which is adjacent and to which it is connected internally.

Quite a surprise really as I never expected the art works here to be so good. It's free entry, I was also very luck as I arrived just as a "Free Tour" was beginning. Our guide (Amber) was very bubbly, fun and enthusiastic. She brought a selection of the paintings alive by explaining the background to the painting and her interpretation of the scene portrayed. The gallery is represented over 4 levels, with the basement level given over to the archaeological revelation of the roman ruins of an Amphitheatre.
The free tours of the gallery are on these days and times: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday: 12.15, 13.15, 14.15 and 15.15.
There is a lift providing Wheelchair access to all floors.

Have wanted to go for years and now I have. It was well worth a visit. The art gallery is well laid out and covid precaution ready. Amazing amphitheatre with great visuals and some stunning art.

Fantastic paintings and you can see them for free. There are also the ruins of a Roman amphiteatre

Attended a conference at Guildhall then went to the art gallery and the Roman Amphitheatre, wonderful array of paintings and great sense of history, will be bringing my nieces and nephews who are studying Roman history.

Good for arts lovers, especially the old paintings.

really nice place, small but nice paintings, nice amphitheatre

Nice art gallery with fascinating preserved remains of London's Roman Amphitheatre. Free entry. Some maps wrongly show this at Mount Pleasant.

Beautiful building and nicely presented art gallery. A gem I didn't know existed.

Amazing art collection with artworks from all over the world and with many focusing on London.

Leaving the circuit of main museums in London is often very rewarding and Guildhall is so worth the detour or excursion, however one sees it!
Though I have to admit going to Guildhall just for the remains of the Roman amphitheater. Went through all the other rooms exhibiting mainly Victorian art without even looking at the walls, straight (though it is the least straight route possible) to the underground of the Gallery to find quite underwhelmingly humble ruins, especially since some event was sadly scheduled for the day and the space was crammed with boxes and technological paraphernalia and not the least atmospheric, as it is supposed to normally feel.
Just then did I go back to the rest of the gallery... The dramatic spirituality of William Blake here, Rossetti s angelic beauties there, and Burne-Jones, Millais... A wonderful collection of pre-Raphaelites, including some huge, epic paintings of prime quality, quite a few show stoppers really and no noisy crowds to hinder one s appreciation. Plus views of London across the times...
And though I don t like taking guided tours, am glad staff kindly suggested I take one for what an amazing guide we had, contagious in her wit and passion for art! Some 45 minutes worth a lifetime of information, that actually felt like only 15 while I wish had actually lasted 90 minutes!

Great Victorian paintings as well as interesting history of the city.

Very friendly staff perfect for 1 to hour and a half visit easy walk onto visit st pauls and south bank or museum of london

Absolutely stunning! Such an amazing place and it's free admissions! The tour guide was very lovely too, very informative and kind! I wasn't expecting to learn so much

I had a brilliant experience here. A nice range of art work including mathematical patterns. It was very quiet so it was possible to admire the work. Entrance was free and there is a guided tour.

Definitely a neat gallery. While its collections may not be as massive or famous as other galleries around London, the Guildhall Art Gallery is certainly worth a stop. A highlight of the building is the Roman Auditorium that can be found in its basement. It was very quiet the Friday that I visited. This was a pleasant surprise.

A hidden gem, fine art, and a rare glimpse of Roman London in the under-crypt. Very pleasantly cool on a hot day.

Enjoyed myself looking around the beautiful building and artwork

Was very surprised by this gallery - came up on a self guided walk and didn't expect to spend time in here but when you're outside the whole area is stunning and even better inside, great art, lovely staff and their own Roman ruins in the basement! Excellent!

Fabulous museum, brilliantly helpful staff (especially Helen), and all round excellent experience.

A nice selection of paintings, the remains of an amphitheater are in the basement. Admission free, time required approx. 1 hour. Note opening times, Sundays only from 12 noon.

A small place - but with beautiful artwork, a fascinating ancient monument in the basement (London's Roman Amphitheatre) plus friendly staff, makes it a good attraction to visit to complement the others in the area.

Awesome art gallery! The cherry on top was the roman amphitheatre beneath; it looks like something out of the hunger games. Amazing art collection with artworks from all over the world and with many focusing on London. There's also a parchment with Shakespeare's signature on it which was interesting to see. Would highly recommend going!

What a place, right in the City. The art and the amphitheatre are wonderful. It is small and definitely 45 minutes or one hour very well spent.

If you have not visited I would very much recommend - a surprise treat.

Good information, plenty of info and home to London's Amphitheater

Always a treat visiting this marvelous building full of beautiful art. We come to visit it because of "A Sonata of Beethoven" by Alfred Edward Emslie who lived in our house and painted that picture in our drawing room :) we have a print but it's truly magnificent being able to see it out on display (quite massive in person)
Underneath the gallery are the remnants of a roman Colosseum which are well preserved and interesting to see. The paintings are truly breathtaking and all host such charm about them. I could spend hours here (and have done many times). The atmosphere is so calming and always an appropriate temperature. Highly recommend this as a day out in itself. ADMISSIONS ARE FREE.

We were lucky to have the curator to explain the reason for choosing the pictures - fascinating.

Well worth a visit. Free entry with Roman amphitheatre ruins as well! Some gorgeous works of art. Don't miss!

Small, but very interesting, especially for lovers of Pre-Raphaelite.

I was there for a business function. It's a fantastic collection of beautiful paintings in a great setting.

Small but beautiful, extraordinarily neat well maintained and organized!

It said it opened at 10am on a Sunday but when I arrived it was closed until 12 midday. Worth popping in for but not really worth a return trip.

Marvellous place to go around and have a peak where the history of London corporation was made

A lovely spot! A real hidden gem amongst Londons many many art galleries. Being so close to some of the main attractions it is totally worth coming to and it s mostly free too.

Some fantastic drawings on what london may have been and the environment of the gallery is spacious and welcoming and not at all sterile which is great.

Good accessibility and some security checks.

If you want to know more about London then visit here.

It s also home to some roman ruins, which in all fairness was really boring, but if you re a super fan of that kind of archeological then you re sure to love it.

Go. Go for the underrated (Albeit small art gallery) but mostly go for the beautiful Guild Hall itself. There are few rooms I've been in to in London and immediacy said 'wow' out loud.

The crypt is also incredibly beautiful and the well lit and the roman Amphitheatre fascinating.

Definitely well worth a visit

Was here for an event before Xmas. Great historic location.

A Hidden Gem in the City of London, well worth a visit as one of the best Art Galleries in the country.

Hidden gem. Wonderful collection of art plus an excavated Roman amphitheatre in the basement. Facinating!

Well worth a visit. Extraordinary collection of art

It s a beautiful gallery, and it s not busy at all.

Amazing museum and painting, the amphitheater is the cherry on the cake

A proper gem, well worth a visit. The whole area is steeped in history.

Interesting art gallery with London's Roman Amphitheatre remains underneath. Free entry.

I very much enjoyed the exhibition of paintings of London architecture. The gallery is superb. My one disappointment is that whilst one is understandably not allowed to take photos of the art, there was not any guide book, catalogue or brochure available. The charming lady on the desk said they don't do brochures because they don't sell! They wont sell if there aren't any! Surely with modern copier printing they could make a small run of colour leaflets at the very least. The exhibition was superb but lack of booklet marred my experience as I have no images to look back on or share with my artist friends.

Love doing my art class at the Guildhall every Monday 6-8 pm. X

Off the beaten track relaxing galleries and Roman amphitheatre

Some interesting paintings/artwork and an informative mathematical exhibition. The Roman Amphitheatre on the lower level also adds to the interest. A good couple of hours to do it properly. Free to get in.

Free admission, very nice Pre-Raphaelite collection as well as other painting and exhibition. Great place to spend a day there

Nice gallery with remains of a Roman gladiatorial arena in the basement, with great lighting! Worth a visit just for that!