Collection audio tour
Discover hidden stories, hear from expert speakers, and learn about our world-famous collection. Make the very most of your time here with this self-guided audio tour of the National Gallery.
This year, we’re celebrating 200 years of bringing people and paintings together. We are a place for everyone, and we hope you enjoy your visit during our Bicentenary.
Price: £5
Please bring your own mobile device and headphones
Available languages:
English, Italian, French
More languages coming soon
This specially curated audio guide of the collection for our Bicentenary takes you to highlight paintings in a self-guided tour. Our expert speakers, from curators and fashion historians to sports people, will bring to life the stories behind the paintings.
After purchase you will be sent an exclusive link in an e-ticket. This link opens the guide in your device's web browser, or in the Smartify app.
You’ll need to bring your own mobile device, like a phone or tablet, to access the tour either on the web or the Smartify app. Then you can enjoy it at your own pace. And don’t forget your headphones, which are essential for the best listening experience!
The guide will show you a map and instructions of how to navigate between the paintings on the tour.
National Gallery audio tours are powered by Smartify.
You can also access, for free, additional information about all our paintings on display. Find this on our website collection pages or with our digital guide, powered by Smartify.
Scan our paintings with the Smartify app during your visit to read additional content on your phone or tablet. You can even save your favourite paintings to your collection to explore when you get home.
Highlight paintings from our collection have free BSL video descriptions and audio descriptions, accessible on our website collection pages and the Smartify app. More of these are coming soon.
Make the very most of your visit to our blockbuster exhibition 'Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers' with this specially curated, self-guided, audio tour.
Discover the hidden stories behind Van Gogh’s most spectacular paintings and hear from the artist in his own words from his letters.
You’ll need to bring your own mobile device to access the tour either on the web or the Smartify app - don’t forget your headphones for the best listening experience!
Purchase the tour with your ticket, and find your exclusive link to access the tour on the day of your visit on your e-ticket, sent after purchase.
Special offer - £4 per person
