National Portrait Gallery to reopen next June

The National Portrait Gallery will reopen to the public on 22 June next year following major restoration works.

The gallery has been closed since June 2020, undergoing the most extensive redevelopment of its building since 1896 which has cost in excess of £35m.

While it has been closed, it has lent hundreds of portraits to galleries and organisations across the UK.

When the gallery reopens, visitors will be greeted by a renewed display of the collection, as well as a refurbished building, a new ticket booking office on Irving Street and improved accessibility through a new entrance on Ross Place.

The works have also included an additional wing to the gallery, following a £10m donation from the Blavatnik Family Foundation.

“As we approach 2023, the countdown to our reopening after the largest and most comprehensive redevelopment in our history has well and truly begun,” National Portrait Gallery Director Dr Nicholas Cullinan said.

We eagerly look forward to welcoming visitors back into our transformed gallery in June.”