Give a Gift Membership to the National Gallery
Treat the art lover in your life to a Gift Membership with the National Gallery!
The National Gallery is on Trafalgar Square in London. It is home to the national collection of paintings from the 13th to 19th centuries in the Western Tradition, and the paintings are on show 361 days a year, free of charge
The Gallery aims to care for the collection, to enhance it for future generations, and to study it. It seeks to be a resource on art, and to inpsire. Amongst some of the works, you'll find names such as Vermeer, Cezanne, Monet, Seurat, Gainsborough, Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Van Eyck, Michelangelo, Constable, Raphael, Canatello, da Vinci, Stubbs - to name a few! There are over 2,600 paintings and so it's one of those galleries where it's wonderful to keep coming back. Search the collection here and view the Must Sees here.
The Highlights from the Collection include Vermeer's "A Young Woman standing at a Virginal", an incredible Equestrian Portrait of Charles I by van Dyck, Sansom and Delilah by Rubens, Summer's Day by Morisot, a Self Portrait at the age of 34 by Rembrandt, Sunflowers by Van Gogh, The Fighting Tremeraire by Turner, The Hay Wain by Constable, Whistlejacket by Stubbs, and many more. Take a look here.
There are two gift memberships, one for House and one for Exhibition.
Exhibition Memberships are from £78.00 and they enjoy benefits such as unlimited free exhibition tickets, invitations to Member-only preview days and a bespoke programme of events in the Gallery and online. There are more benefits than that - you can see them here!
The House Memberships are from £140.00 and you can enjoy benefits such as unlimited free exhibition entry and exclusive previews. You'll also get access to the Supporters’ House, which is a private space to relax, and re-charge and connect. Find out more here.
What's coming up at the National Gallery?
Edwin Austin Abbey: By the Dawn’s Early Light is taking place until 15 February 2026. Hear the story of this great American artist and what the National Gallery describes as "his finest painting". Find out all about it here.
And - very exciting for lovers of horses and art - from the 12th March to 31st May 2026, you can see the works of George Stubbs, the visionary British painter who was a master of horse painting in the exhibition Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse. Enjoy his incredible portrait of a rearing racehorse, Srub. Kick up your heels and gallop away to find out more here.
For a gift for someone who cannot get to the National Gallery,
how about The National Gallery: Masterpieces of Painting?
The National Gallery: Masterpieces of Painting is available from the online shop
for £50.00. It has 275 of the Gallery's most treasured pictures
so it is a wonderful way to look through them from home!
Find out more here.
Don't forget that the National Gallery has a superb online shop, too, where you can buy all sorts of gifts (including a gift membership) for the art lover in your life! From cards and diaries, to books, prints and posters, accessories (including scarves, bags, totes and jewellery) and stationery, there are also exhibition prints. Visit the National Gallery's online shop here.
This is The National Gallery Highlights Pocket Tote Bag
The dimensions are 41 x 33 cm, 20 cm handles
and it's made of 100% recycled cotton. It's handwash only.
for £15.00
There are some beautiful Christmas cards available from the National Gallery Shop,
including the Claude Monet Lavacourt under Snow (a pack of 8)
for £10.00
See the Christmas cards from the National Gallery Shop here.