National Portrait Gallery

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art museum portrait gallery public museum

The National Portrait Gallery is a major London art museum renowned for its extensive collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.

Aliases (1)

National Portrait Gallery, London ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum → portrait gallery → public museum →
architect	Ewan Christian →
collectionFocus	famous British people → historically important British people →
collectionIncludes	drawings → paintings → photographs → prints → sculptures →
collectionType	portraits →
country	United Kingdom →
foundedBy	Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope → Thomas Babington Macaulay → Thomas Carlyle →
governingLegislation	National Portrait Gallery Act 1956 →
hasBuildingStatus	Grade I listed building →
hasCollectionSize	over 200000 works →
hasDepartment	Learning and public programmes → Photography department → Research department →
hasDirector	Nicholas Cullinan →
hasExhibitionType	permanent exhibitions → temporary exhibitions →
hasNeighbour	National Gallery →
hasNotableWork	Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare → Photographic portraits by Cecil Beaton → Photographic portraits by Julia Margaret Cameron → Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I → Portraits of Winston Churchill → Portraits of the Brontë sisters →
hasProgramme	Education programmes → National touring exhibitions →
hasRenovation	major redevelopment completed in 2023 →
hasWebsite	https://www.npg.org.uk →
inception	1856 →
legalForm	non-departmental public body →
locatedIn	City of Westminster → London →
locatedNear	Trafalgar Square →
mainBuildingOpened	1896 →
operatedBy	Board of Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery →
ownedBy	UK government →
partOf	UK national museums →
subjectArea	British art → British history →
visitorAttraction	yes →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
City of Westminster →	contains
Miles Aldridge →	hasExhibitedAt
Catherine, Princess of Wales ("National Portrait Gallery, London") →	patronage