National Gallery London: Self-Guided Audio Guide to the Arnolfini Portrait, The Ambassadors & Turner
2 hours
About this experience
Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait, Holbein's Ambassadors, Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks and Turner's Fighting Temeraire, in a gallery that is free to enter and hangs more than six hundred years of painting on one floor. Walk into any room and hear the story behind the painting in front of you. Short on time? Pick a ready-made route: The National Gallery in an Hour (60 min), The National Gallery in Two Hours (120 min), Tricks of the Eye (45 min), Women at the Easel (45 min), Attacked, Stolen, Rescued (60 min). Or ignore them and wander. An audio guide on your phone: 55 room stories and 136 narrated pieces on one floor, about 166 minutes of English audio, with a map of the building. Open the room you are standing in and press play. No group, no headset to rent, no set start time. Museum admission is not included. This is an independent guide, not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Gallery.
- Experience type
- Day tour or activity
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Audio guide
- English
- Guide
- English
- Categories
- Museums and exhibitions · Arts and culture · Cultural and theme tours
What's included
Self-guided audio guide in English: 55 rooms, 136 pieces, about 166 minutes 5 ready-made routes from 45 to 120 minutes Map of the museum in your phone browser, no app needed Lifetime access: use it on any visit and replay it
What's not included
Admission to the National Gallery, booked directly with the museum A live guide: you set the pace and the pauses Any connection to the museum: this is an independent guide Tip or gratuity Food and drinks Entry or admission fee
Please note
To start the guide, enter the ticket code from your confirmation on the Roamer redemption page linked there. Do this before you go in, while you have signal: signal inside a museum can be weak. The guide then opens in your phone browser, with no app to download. Museum admission is not included. Opening hours, tickets and which entrance is open are set by the National Gallery: check its website before you go. Usual hours: Open daily 10:00 to 18:00, Fridays until 21:00. Closed 24 to 26 December and 1 January. Rooms close for maintenance and paintings travel on loan: check the gallery's floorplan on the day. The time you book is only a booking slot. The guide is yours for good: use it on any visit, at any time the museum is open. Bring a charged phone and earphones, so the stories do not disturb other visitors. This is an independent guide, not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Gallery. Entry to the National Gallery is free. The gallery offers a free ticket on its own website for faster entry, and walk-up entry is also available. Paid exhibitions are not included. This guide does not include any museum ticket. The way in is the Sainsbury Wing on Trafalgar Square, where bags are checked; large bags and wheeled luggage are not allowed. Paintings travel on loan and rooms close for maintenance, so a piece in this guide can be off view on the day. Bring headphones, and save the guide to your phone before you go. Public transportation nearby
Itinerary
- 1Day 0
Level 2: The collection
Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN London
55 rooms with stories, including The Wonder of Art, The Family Palace and Baroque Splendour.
Meeting point
National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing entrance on Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN, London, GB
Pick up
Pickup is not provided.
Cancellation policy · National Gallery London: Self-Guided Audio Guide to the Arnolfini Portrait, The Ambassadors & Turner
Standard Viator policy
- Cancellation 0–24 hours before departure: 100% cancellation fee.
- Cancellation 24–24000 hours before departure: 0% cancellation fee.
Good to know
Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.