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National Portrait Gallery, London
The
National Portrait Gallery
(
NPG
) is an
art gallery
in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous
British people
. It was the first portrait gallery in the world when it opened in 1856. The gallery moved in 1896 to its current site at St Martin's Place, off
Trafalgar Square
, and adjoining the
National Gallery
. It has been expanded twice since then. The National Portrait Gallery also has three regional outposts at
Beningbrough Hall
,
Bodelwyddan Castle
and
Montacute House
. It is unconnected to the
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
in Edinburgh, with which its remit overlaps. The gallery is a
non-departmental public body
sponsored by the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
.
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