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Central Galleries
A look inside the Central Galleries
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Explore themes such as the male gaze, books, fashion, refugees, slavery and kindness.
Inside the Central Galleries
A suite of galleries at the heart of the museum that use ground-breaking and dynamic ways to explore the Collection.
Explore spaces that are a riot of vivid colours, discover how people across the world have represented themselves, see beautiful displays of fine art, with interpretation that brings paintings to life in inspiring and challenging ways.
Old favourites - Cezanne, Degas, Rodin, Courbet and Manet feature in these spaces – alongside some of the Collection’s finest furniture and tapestries.
Gallery Highlights
A selection from the Central Galleries
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Women Drinking Beer, Edouard Manet, Paris, France, 1878
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Writing Cabinet, England, about 1720-1730
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Wall tile with part of the Qu'ran verse (48:4), 12th to 13th century
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Tapestry panel showing David and Bathsheba, 1480
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Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Westminster Bridge, by James McNeill Whistler, 1872-1874
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Wood carving of The Virgin Mary, 1275-1300
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Shield of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, about 1537
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Virgin and Child, Giovanni Bellini, Italy, about 1485-1488
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Portrait of Edmond Duranty, Edgar Degas, 1879
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Ewer, Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368
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Embroidered panel, about 1700–1715
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Grief, by Matthijs Maris, 1887
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