You might be wondering how we protect works while they are on loan, well here’s the story... One of our most popular portraits, depicting the novelist Emily Brontë, has headed to West Yorkshire for display at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Hear from our conservator, Eleonora, as she tells the story of Brontë’s pre-holiday preparations in our latest blog Wuthering fluctuations: a tragic love of temperature and humidity. Link in bio. https://www.npg.org.uk/blog/blog-container/wuthering-fluctuations

9.3K views · 27 reactions | Spend New Year’s Eve at the National Portrait Gallery. Nestled atop the Gallery, The Portrait Restaurant by Richard Corrigan invites you to an extraordinary New Year’s Eve celebration with London’s stunning skyline and firework display as your backdrop. @chefcorrigan #NationalPortraitGallery #Portraiture | National Portrait Gallery | Facebook

162K views · 10K reactions | Three Smithsonian museums reopened in Washington, D.C., on Friday: -The Museum of African American History and Culture -The American Art Museum -The National Portrait Gallery The first lady said it was “culture and beauty coming back to D.C.” | CBS Evening News | Facebook

2.3K views · 116 reactions | Check this out! Queen Liliuokalani’s official portrait is on its way to Washington, D.C. It’s part of an upcoming exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Portrait Gallery. #HINews #HNN | Hawaii News Now | Facebook