Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
National Portrait Gallery
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Description area
Dates of existence
1856 -
History
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) 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. The gallery moved in 1896 to its current site at St Martin's Place, off Trafalgar Square, and adjoining the National Gallery. The gallery is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.