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.

Members enjoy lots of benefits:

Unlimited free entry to all the exhibitions
Priority booking for events and exhibitions
A bespoke programme of online events
Invitations to preview days
10% discount in the shops and cafes
On-demand films and exhibition tours
Use of the cloakroom for free
Flexibility to reschedule exhibition tickets

Gift Membership vouchers bought through the National Gallery's shop can either go straight to the recipient or you can send it to yourself to add a personalised touch. Vouchers are valid for six months from the purchase date, and recipients activate it and then receive their Membership card and welcome pack.

The Individual Gift Membership is £75.00 whilst the Member Plus Guest Gift Membership is £119.00. Find out more about both memberships and buy them here.

What's coming up at the National Gallery?

Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome until the 9th March 2025 - The exhibition explores the creation of Parmigianino’s 'The Madonna and Child with Saints', also known as ‘The Vision of Saint Jerome’. Find out all about it here.

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300 ‒1350 on the Ground Floor Galleries. Organised by the National Gallery and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this exhibition has a hundred exhibits made by artisans working in Siena, Naples, Avignon and beyond, with some of Europe's most significant artworks. Find out more here. (There's a Curator's introduction to Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300 ‒1350 available online for Members on the 6th March 2025 from 4pm 5pm. Discover more here.)

José María Velasco: A View of Mexico from 29th March to 17 August 2025 - this is the first UK exhibition of Velasco's work. He worked in Mexico in the 19th century and painted the landscapes of the Valley of Mexico. This has been organised by the National Gallery and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 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.

There's also an exhibition called Discover Constable and The Hay Wain
until the 2nd February 2025.
This book accompanies the exhibition - and you can buy it separately from the shop.

Take a look at the books, gifts and prints from the Discover Constable & The Hay Wain Look exhibition.

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 Christmas cards from the National Gallery, too...

This is the Monet Snow Scene at Argenteuil Christmas Card Pack of 8
There's a 3 for 2 on Christmas cards at the moment!

The National Gallery's Christmas card packs feature colourful angels and beautiful depictions of the Virgin and Child, to snowy landscapes by Van Gogh and Monet and a mosaic of a Christmas Pudding. Here are some of the highlights from this range:

The limited edition of 500 copies of The National Gallery: Masterpieces of Painting has been published to celebrate the Gallery's Bicentenary in 2024. It would be a very special gift, as its offered in a bespoke presentation box, and each copy includesOffered in a bespoke presentation box handmade by specialist manufacturers in the UK, each copy includes a book plate individually numbered and signed by Gabriele Finaldi, Director of the National Gallery, who has also written a special foreword to commemorate the occasion. The edition is showcasing over 275 of the collection's most treasured pictures. Find out more

Red Letter Days have a great gift experiences at the National Gallery:

Highlights of The National Gallery and Cocktails at 116 Pall Mall Champagne Bar by Searcys for Two

For £83.00 from Red Letter Days. Find out more here...

or how about The National Gallery Guided Tour and Cream Tea for Two for £67.00?

With both of these experiences, the code AHW2025RLD will give you 10% off.
It's valid to 31.12.25 and is site wide; some products are excluded.