National Portrait Gallery - Heinz Archive and Library

Heinz Archive and Library

Booking and directions

Tuesday to Friday, 10:00-17:00
by appointment only:
archive@npg.org.uk
020 7321 6617 (Type Talk 18001)

A telephone and written service for those who are looking for more information about British portraits and are not able to visit in person.

A Collection of 80,000 portraits, mainly prints, but also a body of drawings and a smaller body of paintings and sculptures.

Visual resources and an index of portraits.

Open by appointment, the Library holds published materials, including 35,000 books and unpublished image and index files.

The archive of Gallery Records containing material relating to the Gallery's activities since its foundation in 1856.

Archives that have been acquired by the Gallery from external sources because of their relevance to the study of British portraiture.

Explore three fascinating periods in the Gallery’s history.