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Night at the museum: UK’s National Gallery offering guest sleepover • Apr. 8, 2025, 8:12 PM ET (Straits Times)
National Gallery to let art lover stay the night among paintings • Apr. 7, 2025, 12:55 AM ET (The Telegraph)

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Date 1824 - present
Related People Charles Locke Eastlake • Philip Hendy • Sir Charles Lock Eastlake

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London: Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery
National Gallery, London
Vincent van Gogh: A Wheatfield, with Cypresses
Trafalgar Square, London, with the National Gallery in the background. The gallery was moved to its present location at the northern end of the square in 1838.
Jan van Eyck: Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?)
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