Archive

Access to the archive

The archive is open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm. The National Gallery's records and private papers in the archive are open to bona fide researchers by appointment with the archivists. You can make an enquiry by phone, fax or email.

Contact us

National Gallery Archive
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN

Telephone: 020 7747 2831
Fax: 020 7747 2892 
Email: lad@ng-london.org.uk

Finding aids

Finding aids exist for most of the material in the archive and can be consulted in hard copy form in the Library reading room. Archive staff can provide researchers with some copies of finding aids by post or email.

Parts of the archive catalogues are also available via the National Archives' website. The catalogues can be browsed or they can be searched by entering 'NG' in the 'Department or Series code' field to ensure that only National Gallery archives are retrieved, followed by your search terms in the 'Word or phrase' field.

Further research

National Register of Archives
Database to locate the archives of individuals, families and organisations held in archival repositories throughout the UK
http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra

Artists' Papers Register
Database to locate the archives of artists and art related bodies
http://www.hmc.gov.uk/artists/

War Artists' Archive -  Imperial War Museum
Papers relating to the commissioning of Official War Artists since 1916
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/