National Gallery
A complete encyclopedia of European painting, offered to the nation and the world in the pulsating heart of Trafalgar Square.
The National Gallery offers one of the most exhaustive overviews of Western European painting, from the 13th to the 20th century. Although more contained than other national museums, its collection is of superb quality and incredibly representative, allowing one to admire masterpieces from all the main schools side by side. Here one can study the innovations of Italian masters like Leonardo, the meticulousness of the Flemish like Van Eyck, the light of the English like Turner, and the emotional impact of painters like Van Gogh.