Members’ events

Membership has changed. We’ve curated a new style of event that will help you experience our reimagined Gallery in creative and stimulating new ways, and socialise with each other in our inspiring spaces.

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Members’ Views and Lates

Members’ Late - The Time is Always Now and Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron

Member, Evening

Tue, 7 May 2024, 18.30-20.30
Exhibition spaces

Join us for a Members’ Late to view The Time is Always Now and Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron

Special curated events for Members

Colour photo of a man with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a lanyard, talking as he gestures to a portrait hanging on the Gallery wall

Members event: Westminster tour

Member, Evening, Gallery tours

Fri, 10 May 2024, 17.30-19.00
Meet at Ross Place
£25 (Members only)

Join us for an exclusive Members-only walking tour around Westminster as, revealing connections between people in the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection…

Members event: analogue photography workshop

Member, Daytime, Workshop

Sat, 8 June 2024, 11.00-17.00
The Law Photography Studio
£130 (Members only)

Join contemporary photographer Eddie Otchere for a Members-only photography workshop introducing analogue portrait photography

Members event: evening painting class

Member, Evening, Workshop

Fri, 12 July 2024, 18.00-20.00
The Art Studio
£80 (Members only)

Join this evening painting class for Members, led by an exhibiting artist from this year’s Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award

Past events

See Members' past events