Museum · Trafalgar Square
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0H
The national collection of portraits of famous Britons, beside the National Gallery off Trafalgar Square. Its free galleries run from Tudor monarchs to contemporary sitters, and paid exhibitions include the annual photography and painted portrait prizes.
Permanent exhibitions
- Tudor galleries with the Chandos portrait of Shakespeare
- Portraits of Elizabeth I and Henry VIII
- Regency and Victorian portraits, including the Brontë sisters
- Twentieth-century galleries of writers, scientists and performers
- Contemporary portraits of public figures
- Photography collection on the ground floor
