Guided tours of an historic house and gardens, and its world-class art collection
Category:Tour, Free
Daily guided tour
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (excluding public holidays)
3 - 4 pm
Central Hall
Experience a 60-minute taster tour of the collection
Category:Talks & conversations
Women's History Month
Celebrate women in the collection with events, features and films
Category:Course, From £70.50
Stories of art
1600-1700
Wednesday, 28 February 2024 - Wednesday, 3 April 2024
5.30 - 7.30 pm GMT
Online event
Join us to learn about art from the Baroque period with artists such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens, Rachel Ruysch, Poussin, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Velázquez
Category:Course, From £35.25
Rebirth and resurrection: Easter scenes at the National Gallery
Thursday, 14 March 2024 - Thursday, 28 March 2024
3.30 - 5.30 pm GMT
Online event
This spring, investigate the theme of rebirth through paintings in our collection
Category:Study day, Free
Take One Picture CPD - 2023/2024
Online sessions
Various dates, first upcoming
Friday, 15 March 2024 - FULLY BOOKED
1 - 4.30 pm GMT
Online event
Online CPD sessions for primary school teachers, exploring how one painting can inspire learning across the curriculum
Category:Creative session, Free
Talk and draw
A Cup of Water and a Rose
Friday, 15 March 2024
4 - 5 pm GMT
Jo Lewis and Belle Smith
Online event
Accessible:
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Our regular creative sessions consider a National Gallery painting in two ways
Category:Talks & conversations, Free
Pause with a painting
Sandro Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars'
Thursday, 21 March 2024
11am
11 - 11.45 am (drop-in)
Gallery D
Immerse yourself in one painting in these free mid-morning mindfulness sessions
Category:Creative session, Free
Meditative mark-making
Spring awakening
Thursday, 21 March 2024
4 - 5.15 pm (drop-in)
Room 34
Join us for a creative session, designed to recharge and awaken the senses
Category:Experiences
Friday Lates
Fridays
We're open until 9pm every Friday, so you can take in our collection and exhibitions after hours, and enjoy special events throughout the month
Category:Creative session, Free
Friday Lates life drawing
2B Or Not 2B Collective
Friday, 22 March 2024
Session times
6.15 - 7 pm
7.15 - 8 pm
Room 30
Join 2B Or Not 2B Collective for an energetic and fun evening of drawing exploration in Room 30
Category:Talks & conversations, Free
Friday Lates
Serpent symbolisms: An interactive inquiry
Fully booked.
Friday, 22 March 2024
6.30 - 8 pm
Room 6
Gallery Educator Katy Tarbard and artist Wiebke Leister lead a multidisciplinary workshop exploring snake iconographies in the collection and our lived experiences
Category:Music & performance, Free
Friday Lates student takeover
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Friday, 22 March 2024
6.30 - 8 pm
Room 34
Experience the works of Constable, Turner and Gainsborough in a new light through this musical journey
Category:Talks & conversations, Free
Friday Lates Gallery tour
Mary Magdalene: Woman and witness
Friday, 22 March 2024
6.45 - 7.30 pm
Room 9
Discover how the story of Mary Magdalene has been remembered and retold through art across the centuries
Category:Talks & conversations, Free
Friday Lates tour and poetry readings
SJ Fowler and guests
Friday, 22 March 2024
7 - 7.45 pm
Gallery B
Poet and performer SJ Fowler brings together a range of writers for an evening of readings inspired by artworks
Category:Talk, Free
Audio Art: Utterly in the picture
Master of the Story of Griselda
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
1 - 2 pm (drop-in)
Gallery B
Belle Smith
Accessible:
Join us for an audio described talk on 'The Story of Griselda'
Category:Talk, Free
A mindful walk through painted landscapes
Members' talk and Q&A
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
5 - 6 pm GMT
Online event
Members
Take a moment with Karly Allen at this online mindfulness session, featuring the scenic landscapes of Hobbema and Pissarro
Category:Music, Free
Piano Day 2024 in collaboration with FLOAT
Thursday, 28 March 2024
12 - 5 pm (drop-in)
Room 34
An afternoon of free, specially curated performances
Category:Creative session, Free
Easter holidays
Construct and play with Leap Then Look
Various dates, first upcoming
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
11 am - 4 pm
Room 6
Families, for all ages
Join participatory artists Leap Then Look to test works in progress during a playful drop-in family workshop
Category:Tour, Free
Easter holidays
Decoding pictures
First upcoming
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Session times
11.30 am - 12.15 pm
1.30 - 2.15 pm
Room 4
Families, ages 5 - 13
Have fun choosing paintings and creating the direction of your journey through the Gallery, with our friendly Gallery Educators