The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits.
Established: 1856
Location: St Martin's Place, London · WC2H 0HE, United Kingdom
Collection size: 195,000 portraits
Visitors: 1,619,694 (2019) · Ranked 11th nationally · Ranked 22nd art museum globally (2014)
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