Shopping
Don't forget to buy your souvenir Van Gogh's Sunflowers T-shirt or your Monet's Water Lily Pond mug!
There are three shops in the National Gallery, each offering an individual selection from the huge range of collection-related merchandise.
The National Gallery shops are open daily from 10am until 5.45pm.
Sainsbury Wing
(Level 0 = Ground Floor)
This is the largest shop and has an extensive bookshop as well as an exclusive range of jewelry, gifts, postcards, posters and Print on Demand - the technology to print your own art reproduction from the collection.
Portico
(Level 2 = Top of the main entrance stairs)
The shop by the main entrance to the Gallery offers everything you need for a visit, including guidebooks, postcards, posters and gifts.
Main Building
(Level 0 = top of stairs/lift access)
By the Sir Paul Getty entrance for art magazines and periodicals, as well as a range of guidebooks, gifts and postcards.
Food and Drink
There are three places for food and drink in the National Gallery:
- National Dining Rooms
Sainsbury Wing - Level 1
A modern British restaurant - best for real 'dining'. - The National Cafe and Bar
East Wing - ground floor (near Getty Entrance)
Open till 11pm most days. Self-service area (usually busy), waiter service brasserie (own entrance on St. Martin's Lane), offers Afternoon Tea. - Espresso Bar
East Wing - Level 0
Self-service light snacks with hot and cold drinks. My personal favorite as it's good if you are visiting alone as there are no real tables - you simply sit in front of an ArtStart touch screen and search the National Gallery's collection and plan your visit.
