About Guildhall Art Gallery

The Guildhall Art Gallery is perhaps London's latest gallery having opened in 1999 to the public and was constructed on the site of London's Roman Amphitheater after the original gallery was burned down during the Blitz in May 1941. However it was originally built in 1885 to be a gallery that housed art collections from the City of London yet sadly the whole collection was destroyed in WW2.

However it has risen from the ashes and now has over 4,000 works but only about 250 works of art are on display at a time, with a program of temporary exhibitions.

The collection ranges from art from the Victorian era, to Pre-Raphaelites, and has feature artists as famous as John Constable on display.

To also preserve the heritage of the building that was formally an amphitheater some of the remains of the theater are on display in the basement of the gallery. It was discovered in 1998 and is now protected and on display. The Guildhall Art Gallery and Amphitheatre is open everyday and especially famous for its free Friday tours.

Location

By Tube :
Chancery Lane Tube
Farringdon Tube

By Train:
Farringdon Rail
King's Cross Thameslink Railway