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Exhibitions

Free exhibitions throughout the building all year round. Open 9.30am-11pm, Monday-Saturday.

Stage by Stage Permanent exhibition

An exhibition on the National's history is on permanent display in the Olivier Circle Gallery. It tells the National's story from 1848 to the present day and includes nearly 200 photographs and illustrations. A 32pp booklet to accompany the exhibition (published in 1997) is available. It includes photographs from the exhibition plus many more, and is £0.50p.

Exhibitions:

  • Sun over Meadow. Painting by Barbara Kulick

    Barbara Kulick

    An exhibition of sculpture and painting by a London based artist whose first sculpture was exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Sculpture
    Oct 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 >

  • The Half: Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage

    The Half: Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage

    For 25 years actors have given Simon Annand unprecedented access to photograph them during the thirty minutes before curtain up, known as 'the half'.
    Oct 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 >

  • kidogo - a photography exhibition by Rankin

    cheka kidogo – a photography exhibition

    Rankin travelled with Oxfam to a refugee camp in the Eastern Congo, the result is a stunning series of pictures, capturing the resilience and fatalism of those living there.
    Oct 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 >

  • Dazzle

    Dazzle

    Dazzle returns to the NT Olivier foyers, with an exciting mix of contemporary jewellery designers, metalsmiths and wall-hung work.
    Nov 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 >

  • Take a view – Landscape Photographer of the Year 2008

    Take a view – Landscape Photographer of the Year 2008

    The second year of this annual Award, to find the UK’s Landscape Photographer of the Year.
    Nov 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 >

  • Rae Smith: The War Horse Drawings

    Rae Smith: The War Horse Drawings

    Designer Rae Smith’s drawings provide the epic backdrop to the National’s dramatic staging of War Horse.
    Jan 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 >

  • Ashington Group: The Pitmen Painters

    Ashington Group: The Pitmen Painters

    Painting, drawings and sculpture by the Ashington Group return to accompany The Pitmen Painters revival.
    Jan 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 >

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