Welcome to the National Portrait Gallery’s 2012/2013 programmes for schools and colleges

Bring your school face-to-face with history and contemporary culture at the National Portrait Gallery this year. The National Portrait Gallery places learning at its heart, using the medium of portraiture to increase students’ and teachers’ understanding of the men and women who have and who are contributing to the culture, identity and rich diversity of Britain. The Gallery’s innovative changing programme of exhibitions and displays means there is always something new and exciting to experience during the school year.


NEWS

Primary and secondary schools' programme bookings

Bookings for our 2012/2013 primary and secondary schools' programmes are now available. Please see Book Your Visit for further information.

NEW SESSIONS

FORCE - GCSE Art Exam Support Study for Students and Teachers (Edexcel) available.  For more information click here.

New sessions for KS2 Literacy, including Creative Writing and Storytelling.

EXHIBITIONS

American Indian Portraits by George Catlin, a GCSE History and AS/A Level Anthropology Study Day and Introductory sessions are available.

Man Ray Portraits, places are left for Secondary Art & Photography Groups for our Introductory Sessions. Click here for more information on our In Focus illustrated talks and Photography Study Day.

Please be aware that to book school/class visits to all temporary exhibitions, must be made two weeks in advance.

SECONDARY ART

New this year for Secondary Art students are our Study Days for Photography and Image and Identity, and exciting new Sketchbook Skills sessions in the Gallery spaces.

NEW RESOURCES

We have new secondary art and art history resources available online now. Our new resource set Portrait Photography – From Victorians to the Present Day looks at key artists, works and techniques across the history of photography. Portraits – GCE AS Level Art History Resource compares and analyses two works from the Gallery’s Collection,  and was test run by A Level Art History classes.