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Gallery opening times

Day	Opening Times
Monday	Closed
Tuesday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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Gallery opening times

Day	Opening Times
Monday	Closed
Tuesday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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History of our Collection

History of our Collection

A painting of the interior of Dulwich Picture Gallery with a group of people looking at the gold framed artworks.

Our architecture

Our architecture

Sketch of Dulwich Picture Gallery under construction surrounded by scaffolding.

Our furniture collection

Our furniture collection

Two men stand looking at portraits in the British Portrait Room at Dulwich Picture Gallery with gold framed portraits hung on a dark blue wall.

Artist in Focus: Somaya Critchlow

Artist in Focus: Somaya Critchlow

Portrait of a nude woman from behind. She kneels on a chair and looks back over her left shoulder.

Van Dyck's 'Samson and Delilah' uncovered

Van Dyck's 'Samson and Delilah' uncovered

A man in a loinclothe lies in the lap of a woman in a blue silk dress with her breasts exposed. An older man holds a large scissors and is poised above the sleeping man about to cut his hair.

Explore Rubens' Venus, Mars and Cupid

Explore Rubens' Venus, Mars and Cupid

A double image of a painting on the left of Venus, Mars and Cupid and on the right an xray of the painting.

Gerrit Dou's harmonious composition

Gerrit Dou's harmonious composition

A Woman playing a Clavichord

Painter profile: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Painter profile: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Jacob and Rachel at the Well

Tales of Myth and Legend from our Collection

Tales of Myth and Legend from our Collection

Ceiling decoration sketch by Gianbattista Tiepolo showing the Roman gods Diana and Apollo sitting on clouds in the sky surrounded by their winged attendants.

Three pioneering women from our Collection

Three pioneering women from our Collection

Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Two versions of the same portrait of Noel Desenfans next to each other with right one being before restoration. It is much darker and has a yellow colour.

Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Second World War

Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Second World War

Black and white photograph showing the damage done to Dulwich Picture Gallery by a V2 bomb with collapsed walls and roof.

A Stitch in Time: Our Historical Fashion Guide

A Stitch in Time: Our Historical Fashion Guide

Portrait of a man in a large white rough and black gold etched armour.

Unlocking the secrets of an 18th-century French clock

Unlocking the secrets of an 18th-century French clock

Close up of elaborate decoration on a clock.

Installing Bronze Oak Grove

Installing Bronze Oak Grove

Child standing on a bronze stump in a field next to a brick building

10 things you didn’t know about Tirzah Garwood

10 things you didn’t know about Tirzah Garwood

A toy train in a hilly landscape with farms and sheep in the background and flowers and chickens in the foreground.

What impact does art have on wellbeing?

What impact does art have on wellbeing?

A group sat at a table crafting led by a woman standing

Rembrandt van Rijn at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Rembrandt van Rijn at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Girl at a Window

Hidden Love Story | Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Hidden Love Story | Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Uncovering the LGBTQ+ Legacy of King James VI & I Through Art

Uncovering the LGBTQ+ Legacy of King James VI & I Through Art

James VI and I

Restoring the Salvator Mundi

Restoring the Salvator Mundi

Did Leonardo da Vinci create this painting?

Salvator Mundi blog

Van Dyck's 'Samson and Delilah' uncovered

Van Dyck's 'Samson and Delilah' uncovered

A man in a loinclothe lies in the lap of a woman in a blue silk dress with her breasts exposed. An older man holds a large scissors and is poised above the sleeping man about to cut his hair.

Explore Rubens' Venus, Mars and Cupid

Explore Rubens' Venus, Mars and Cupid

A double image of a painting on the left of Venus, Mars and Cupid and on the right an xray of the painting.

Gerrit Dou's harmonious composition

Gerrit Dou's harmonious composition

A Woman playing a Clavichord

Painter profile: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Painter profile: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Jacob and Rachel at the Well

Tales of Myth and Legend from our Collection

Tales of Myth and Legend from our Collection

Ceiling decoration sketch by Gianbattista Tiepolo showing the Roman gods Diana and Apollo sitting on clouds in the sky surrounded by their winged attendants.

Three pioneering women from our Collection

Three pioneering women from our Collection

Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Two versions of the same portrait of Noel Desenfans next to each other with right one being before restoration. It is much darker and has a yellow colour.

A Stitch in Time: Our Historical Fashion Guide

A Stitch in Time: Our Historical Fashion Guide

Portrait of a man in a large white rough and black gold etched armour.

10 things you didn’t know about Tirzah Garwood

10 things you didn’t know about Tirzah Garwood

A toy train in a hilly landscape with farms and sheep in the background and flowers and chickens in the foreground.

Rembrandt van Rijn at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Rembrandt van Rijn at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Girl at a Window

Hidden Love Story | Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Hidden Love Story | Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Uncovering the LGBTQ+ Legacy of King James VI & I Through Art

Uncovering the LGBTQ+ Legacy of King James VI & I Through Art

James VI and I

Restoring the Salvator Mundi

Restoring the Salvator Mundi

Did Leonardo da Vinci create this painting?

Salvator Mundi blog

Between Venice and Walton: Canaletto’s cosmopolitan eye

Between Venice and Walton: Canaletto’s cosmopolitan eye

Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day

What inspires Rachel Jones?

What inspires Rachel Jones?

Rachel Jones in her studio, working with oil sticks

Framing Out Of Frame

Framing Out Of Frame

Photograph of a group tour led by a man pointing at a painting off to the right

History of our Collection

History of our Collection

A painting of the interior of Dulwich Picture Gallery with a group of people looking at the gold framed artworks.

Our architecture

Our architecture

Sketch of Dulwich Picture Gallery under construction surrounded by scaffolding.

Our furniture collection

Our furniture collection

Two men stand looking at portraits in the British Portrait Room at Dulwich Picture Gallery with gold framed portraits hung on a dark blue wall.

Artist in Focus: Somaya Critchlow

Artist in Focus: Somaya Critchlow

Portrait of a nude woman from behind. She kneels on a chair and looks back over her left shoulder.

Van Dyck's 'Samson and Delilah' uncovered

Van Dyck's 'Samson and Delilah' uncovered

A man in a loinclothe lies in the lap of a woman in a blue silk dress with her breasts exposed. An older man holds a large scissors and is poised above the sleeping man about to cut his hair.

Explore Rubens' Venus, Mars and Cupid

Explore Rubens' Venus, Mars and Cupid

A double image of a painting on the left of Venus, Mars and Cupid and on the right an xray of the painting.

Gerrit Dou's harmonious composition

Gerrit Dou's harmonious composition

A Woman playing a Clavichord

Painter profile: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Painter profile: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Jacob and Rachel at the Well

Tales of Myth and Legend from our Collection

Tales of Myth and Legend from our Collection

Ceiling decoration sketch by Gianbattista Tiepolo showing the Roman gods Diana and Apollo sitting on clouds in the sky surrounded by their winged attendants.

Three pioneering women from our Collection

Three pioneering women from our Collection

Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Two versions of the same portrait of Noel Desenfans next to each other with right one being before restoration. It is much darker and has a yellow colour.

Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Second World War

Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Second World War

Black and white photograph showing the damage done to Dulwich Picture Gallery by a V2 bomb with collapsed walls and roof.

A Stitch in Time: Our Historical Fashion Guide

A Stitch in Time: Our Historical Fashion Guide

Portrait of a man in a large white rough and black gold etched armour.

Unlocking the secrets of an 18th-century French clock

Unlocking the secrets of an 18th-century French clock

Close up of elaborate decoration on a clock.

Installing Bronze Oak Grove

Installing Bronze Oak Grove

Child standing on a bronze stump in a field next to a brick building

10 things you didn’t know about Tirzah Garwood

10 things you didn’t know about Tirzah Garwood

A toy train in a hilly landscape with farms and sheep in the background and flowers and chickens in the foreground.

What impact does art have on wellbeing?

What impact does art have on wellbeing?

A group sat at a table crafting led by a woman standing

Rembrandt van Rijn at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Rembrandt van Rijn at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Girl at a Window

Hidden Love Story | Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Hidden Love Story | Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Uncovering the LGBTQ+ Legacy of King James VI & I Through Art

Uncovering the LGBTQ+ Legacy of King James VI & I Through Art

James VI and I

Between Venice and Walton: Canaletto’s cosmopolitan eye

Between Venice and Walton: Canaletto’s cosmopolitan eye

Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day

History of our Collection

History of our Collection

A painting of the interior of Dulwich Picture Gallery with a group of people looking at the gold framed artworks.

Our architecture

Our architecture

Sketch of Dulwich Picture Gallery under construction surrounded by scaffolding.

Our furniture collection

Our furniture collection

Two men stand looking at portraits in the British Portrait Room at Dulwich Picture Gallery with gold framed portraits hung on a dark blue wall.

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Two versions of the same portrait of Noel Desenfans next to each other with right one being before restoration. It is much darker and has a yellow colour.

Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Second World War

Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Second World War

Black and white photograph showing the damage done to Dulwich Picture Gallery by a V2 bomb with collapsed walls and roof.

Explore Rubens' Venus, Mars and Cupid

Explore Rubens' Venus, Mars and Cupid

A double image of a painting on the left of Venus, Mars and Cupid and on the right an xray of the painting.

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Conserving one of our most important portraits

Two versions of the same portrait of Noel Desenfans next to each other with right one being before restoration. It is much darker and has a yellow colour.

Restoring the Salvator Mundi

Restoring the Salvator Mundi

Did Leonardo da Vinci create this painting?

Salvator Mundi blog

Rembrandt van Rijn at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Rembrandt van Rijn at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Girl at a Window

Hidden Love Story | Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Hidden Love Story | Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed

Uncovering the LGBTQ+ Legacy of King James VI & I Through Art

Uncovering the LGBTQ+ Legacy of King James VI & I Through Art

James VI and I

What inspires Rachel Jones?

What inspires Rachel Jones?

Rachel Jones in her studio, working with oil sticks