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Dulwich Picture Gallery and Cafe

 
Address: Gallery Road,  SE21 7AD
Telephone: 020 8693 5254
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Dulwich Picture Gallery and Cafe is in the London Borough of Southwark
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Dulwich Picture Gallery and CafeEuropean Old Master paintings from the 1600s and 1700s.

Designed by London architect Sir John Soane in 1811, the world's first purpose-built art gallery holds one of the most celebrated collections of European Old Master paintings. Works by Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Watteau and Gainsborough contribute to the collection of artwork spanning the 1600s and 1700s. Originally part of a portfolio of paintings amassed by the King of Poland in the 1790s, the works were transported to the “clean air of Dulwich” for safekeeping when Poland was partitioned. Soane’s design for the gallery proved highly influential. The use of natural and overhead lighting combined with a clear layout of interlinked rooms set a precedent for gallery design world-wide. Don’t be fooled by the out-of-town location of the gallery; Dulwich - a pretty 18th century village on the edge of the capital – proves the ideal setting for this small, traditional collection which cautiously hints at its universal significance rather than shouting it from the rooftops. Three times a year the gallery mounts critically-acclaimed, crowd-pulling exhibitions.

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European Old Master paintings, John Soane gallery design and architecture, acclaimed events and exhibitions.

Did you know?
The gallery’s three founders were interned in a mausoleum at the centre of the building. During World War II, the mausoleum was hit by a German bomb and, according to reports, bones were scattered all across the lawn. While the bones were collected up and rearranged back into three skeletons, nobody is quite sure whose bones are whose.

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West Dulwich Railway Station (9 minutes)
North Dulwich Railway Station (13 minutes)
 
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Opening Times

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun & Bank Holidays 11am-5pm | Closed Mon (except Bank Holidays) & 24 - 26 Dec & 1 Jan
 
 
 

Pricing

£5 (Adults), £4 (Concs), Free (Students and Children) | Special exhibitions: £8 (Adults), £7 (NACF), £4 (Concessions), Free (Children)

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Gallery Road
 
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