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National Portrait Gallery

art museum in London, England, United Kingdom
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National Portrait Gallery

Summary

National Portrait Gallery is an art museum[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of art_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (865 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Portrait Gallery is located in City of Westminster[3].
  • National Portrait Gallery is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • National Portrait Gallery's instance of is recorded as art museum[5].
  • National Portrait Gallery's instance of is recorded as national museum[6].
  • National Portrait Gallery's instance of is recorded as non-departmental public body[7].
  • National Portrait Gallery's architect is recorded as Ewan Christian[8].
  • National Portrait Gallery's architect is recorded as Richard Allison[9].
  • National Portrait Gallery's architectural style is recorded as Renaissance Revival architecture[10].
  • National Portrait Gallery's headquarters location is recorded as London[11].
  • National Portrait Gallery took place at St Martin's Place[12].
  • National Portrait Gallery's postal code is recorded as WC2H 0HE[13].
  • National Portrait Gallery is part of National Portrait Gallery Board of Trustees[14].
  • National Portrait Gallery's Commons category is recorded as National Portrait Gallery, London[15].
  • National Portrait Gallery's foundational text is recorded as Museums and Galleries Act 1992[16].
  • National Portrait Gallery's archives at is recorded as National Portrait Gallery Archive[17].
  • National Portrait Gallery comprises National Portrait Gallery Archive[18].
  • January 1, 1856 marks the founding of National Portrait Gallery[19].
  • National Portrait Gallery's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ2999580611[20].
  • National Portrait Gallery's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.50944444444445, 'lon': -0.12805555555555556}[21].
  • National Portrait Gallery's official website is recorded as http://www.npg.org.uk/[22].
  • National Portrait Gallery's topic's main category is recorded as Category:National Portrait Gallery, London[23].
  • National Portrait Gallery's described at URL is recorded as http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/results?Collections=bc900da2fffffe0767c7f5ed0559f6af[24].
  • National Portrait Gallery's director / manager is recorded as Nicholas Cullinan[25].
  • National Portrait Gallery's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+2006000'}[26].
  • National Portrait Gallery's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+2145486'}[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1856 marks the founding of National Portrait Gallery[19].

Identity

National Portrait Gallery is part of National Portrait Gallery Board of Trustees[14].

Leadership

National Portrait Gallery's director / manager is recorded as Nicholas Cullinan[25].

Operations

National Portrait Gallery's headquarters location is recorded as London[11].

Why It Matters

National Portrait Gallery ranks in the top 2% of art_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (865 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . npg.org.uk. npg.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . e-architect.com. e-architect.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . e-architect.com. e-architect.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . npg.org.uk. npg.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . npg.org.uk. npg.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Visitor Figures 2015. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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