The National Gallery Visitor's Guide

The all new National Gallery Visitor's Guide Book is a durable, generously illustrated guide which opens up one of the world's greatest art collections and one of Britain's most popular free visitor attractions.

Create your perfect visit to the National Gallery

The National Gallery offers users the unique chance to stroll through the story of Western European art from 1250 to the beginning of the twentieth century. However, this is just one of many ways the collection can be enjoyed, and these attractive and informative guides open up a whole realm of visitor experiences.

As well as 10 popular themed tours, the architecture, history and structure of the National Gallery is presented concisely, and with varied layout which can be enjoyed by visitors of all ages.

Each of the National Gallery Guidebook tours consists of 4-5 paintings with brief information.

The tours are: Family, Masterpieces, Animals, Impressionism and Beyond, The Life of Christ, Landscape and Frames.

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The National Gallery Visitor's Guide will have an accompanying DVD which will present variants on the books themes, using different examples, thus extending the experience into the home. The DVD is set to be released in October 09.

This Visitors Guide is written by Louise Govier, the Adult Learning Manager at the National Gallery, London. She has written and presented many DVDs which open up the Gallery collection to visitors of all ages and levels of interest, including Impressionist Painting 1850-1900 (2006)