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Dulwich Picture Gallery has an outstanding collection of 17thC and 18thC old masters including works by Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Murillo, Poussin, Rubens, Watteau, Gainsborough and Canaletto. Three times a year the Gallery mounts critically-acclaimed, crowd-pulling exhibitions. Set in the beautiful 18thC village of Dulwich, Dulwich Picture Gallery is a must for all art lovers visiting London, and people wanting to come on the award-winning education courses.
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| Opening times: | Tuesday - Friday, 10.00 - 5.00 Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays, 11.00 - 5.00 CLOSED ON MONDAYS (except Bank Holiday Mondays) Also closed 1 January and 24 - 26 December Free entry for children and Friends of the Dulwich Picture Gallery Free guided tour at 15.00 when paying standard admission charge on Saturday and Sunday |
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Lonely Planet review of Dulwich Picture Gallery
The UK's oldest public art gallery, the Dulwich Picture Gallery was designed by idiosyncratic architect Sir John Soane between 1811 and 1814 to house Dulwich College's collection of paintings by Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Poussin, Lely, Van Dyck and others. It's a wonderful, atmospheric place but with scarcely a dozen rooms to hang the artwork, limited wall space makes it difficult to view some of the paintings properly. Unusually, the collectors, Noel Desenfans and painter Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois, chose to have their mausoleums, lit by a moody lumière mystérieuse (mysterious light) created with tinted glass, placed among the pictures. An annexe contains space for temporary exhibitions (additional around 3) - last seen: Canaletto in England 1746-1755. Free guided tours of the museum are available at 15:00 on Saturday and Sunday.The museum is a 10-minute walk northwards along Gallery Rd, which starts almost opposite West Dulwich station. Bus P4 links the gallery with the Horniman Museum .
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Exhibition charting the development of the illustrated book following the death of Aubrey Beardsley in 1898.Free Guided Tour Guided walk
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Visit Dulwich Picture Gallery on Saturday or Sunday, paying the standard admission charge and have a free guided tour of the permanent collection.Contextual Study Tour Guided walk
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This tour considers the social, political and cultural factors facing society in the 17th and 18th centuries and presents fascinating routes into the past.Explore Buildings Workshop
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Children learn about the Gallery buildings and local environment through tours of the building, drawing sessions and by using hands-on 3-D models and maps. In this interactive session groups learn about structure, materials and the changing nature of heritage buildings.
Prices and Booking for Dulwich Picture Gallery
Prices:
| Adult: | From £8.00 per ticket |
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| Concession: | £0.00 to £7.00 per ticket |
Location Information Dulwich Picture Gallery
| Address: | Gallery Road London SE21 7AD |
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| Telephone: | +44 (0)20 8693 5254 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)20 8299 8700 |
| By road: | West Dulwich: follow signs down Gallery Rd.North Dulwich: follow signs through Dulwich Village. |
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