The National Gallery Collection

The National Gallery was founded in the first part of the 18th century.

The Gallery includes masterpieces from 1260 to nowadays.

There are more than 2 thousand paintings in the Gallery.

All the major European schools of paintings are represented in Western Europe.

The pictures of the earliest period are exhibited in Sainsbury Wing.

Paintings by Titian and El Creco represent the period from 1600 to 1700.

Paintings created after 1510 are exhibited in West Wing.

Van Dych, Rembrandt and Rubens are the representatives of the 17th century.

Paintings by Renoir and Van Gogh can't be seen in the National Gallery.

The National Gallery and only other Britain's galleries can exchange paintings in an agreement.

People in Copenhagen can also see paintings from the National Gallery.

All the tours in the Gallery are available in six languages.

There is Gallery Guide Soundtrack which gives commentaries to almost every painting from the National Gallery Collection.

Visitors can hear the information about 30 great paintings of the National Gallery Collection not only in English.

Audio commentaries in Japanese and Chinese are also available in the National Gallery.

Visitors can use a computerised information system of the entire Collection and don't have to pay for it.