Take a Guided Tour
We've asked leading figures in entertainment and the arts to create slideshow guides, to some of their personal highlights from the nation's collection.
Michelle Ackerley: Playful paintings
Children’s TV presenter Michelle Ackerley explores the colourful child-like side to the collection.
John Sergeant: A Pilot's Story
John Sergeant uses paintings from the nation's art collection to tell the story of Paul Richey - a Second World War pilot
Joan Bakewell: Women Together
Broadcaster and author Joan Bakewell explores paintings where women are captured together
Sue Johnston: Beryl Cook
Sue Johnston guides us through paintings by her favourite artist, Beryl Cook
Philip Mould: Portraits uncovered
Portraiture expert Philip Mould reveals the faces and painters that have captured the history of Britain and art on canvas
Alastair Sooke: Early 19th Century Art
Art critic Alastair Sooke on a selection of early 19th Century paintings
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