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London Art Galleries

The National Gallery

The National Gallery holds the national collection of Western European art from around 1250 to the 19th century. It is located on Trafalgar Square in central London. The gallery opened in 1824, and ...more »

  • Location: Trafalgar Square
  • Type: Art Galleries
  • Tel: +44 (207) 747 2885

The Wallace Collection

The Wallace Collection is a beautiful and diverse assemblance of fine art, collected during the 18th and 19th centuries by the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the son of ...more »

  • Location: Marylebone
  • Type: Art Galleries
  • Tel: +44 (020) 7563 9500

Royal Academy of Arts

London's Piccadilly: lavish, opulent. The Royal Academy of Arts certainly reflects this. It was the first art school in Britain in the 18th century, and finds itself now in the extravagantly-decorated ...more »

  • Location: Piccadilly
  • Type: Art Galleries
  • Tel: 020 7300 8000

National Portrait Gallery

As a stalwart of the British art world, the National Portrait Gallery in trendy Covent Garden offers visitors the chance to get up close and personal with iconic figures of today’s and past times. It ...more »

  • Location: Covent Garden
  • Type: Art Galleries
  • Tel: +44 (0)20 7306 0055

Tate Modern

A titan in the world of modern art galleries, the Tate Modern is one of the most atmospheric and spectacular art galleries in the world, and justifiably one of the most-visited. If you see just one ga ...more »

  • Location: Southwark
  • Type: Art Galleries
  • Tel: +44 (0) 20 7887 8888

The Mall

The Mall refers to the grand stretch of road that begins at Buckingham Palace and carries on to Admiralty Arch and Trafalgar Square. ...more »

  • Location: Westminster
  • Type: Art Galleries

The Barbican Centre

The Barbican Arts Centre is the largest multi-arts centre in the whole of Europe. ...more »

  • Location: Barbican
  • Type: Art Galleries
  • Tel: 020 7638 8891

Whitechapel Gallery

The aim of establishing the Whitechapel Gallery was to bring great art to the people of east London. Here visitors are able to view both modern and contemporary 20th and 21st century art and take part ...more »

  • Location: Whitechapel
  • Type: Art Galleries
  • Tel: +44 (0)20 7522 7878

Somerset House

Set in the heart of London, Somerset House is a centre of arts and culture and the perfect destination for an afternoon of relaxation and inspiration. ...more »

  • Location: Westminster
  • Type: Art Galleries
  • Tel: 020 7845 4600

Asia House

Asia House near Portland Place in famous Marylebone, is a dynamic space for people who are from Asia or who simply have an interest in pan-Asian cultures. ...more »

  • Location: Marylebone
  • Type: Art Galleries
  • Tel: +44(0)20 7307 5454

Our Local Experts say:

A great way to spend an afternoon in London is to visit one of the many amazing Art Galleries. Let yourself be inspired by these amazing pieces of art, and see what the most talented artist in the world have made.

Something about our art galleries which is most appealing is that they're mostly free to enter. Unless they have a special exhibition going on within the gallery itself, you're free to wander in and out as you choose. The Tate Modern is probably the most well-known art gallery in London, not least because of its gigantic chimney jutting up into the London sky. Over the Millennium Bridge from St. Paul's Cathedral, the Tate (as we call it) offers several floors of incredible art and installations from around the world. Apart from anything else, though, ambling around one of our art galleries is nothing short of pure relaxation, thanks to the inherent calming atmosphere that they invoke.

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