The National Gallery

Quite a few jaws dropped when we entered the National Gallery from Trafalgar Square. It is free for us to enter, so it was quite crowded between that and the fact it's Easter Holidays here. 

This museum is rather unique because unlike most in Europe, it wasn't a repurposing of a royal palace. It was built in 1824 and filled with pieces from private collectors and now is a national museum. It's also rather small compared to the other European mega-museums like the Louvre. But, it covers pretty much the entire art history gamut with its collection from ancient to almost 20th century. 

We have the kids he highlight sheet to check out in our one-hour power tour. Most headed to see Van Gogh's Sunflowers, Monet's Water Lilly bridge (which we will see in real life next week!), some Degas ballerinas, and some pointillism by Seurat. 

While waiting for the meet up kids lounges outside the gallery and listened to the reenactment of the Passion. I'm hearing quite a few kids who want to move to the big city!

 

   

A few more photos in the next post...