Galleries

I had a chance to be in London again, so I used it and visited some other galleries.

First of all, I came to The National Gallery. Unfortunotelly it is not allowed to take pictures there, so I made some notes about my observation:

1) There are borders around the pictures, so people could not come very close to them.

2) There is a natural light coming from the ceiling as there are some glass windows.

3) There are also some small lamps on the ceiling for additional light.

4) Some pictures are hanging on the walls by chains.

5) Observing different rooms I noticed that the biggest picture is always in the middle and smaller once are all around it. It happens in almost all galleries.

6) Some guiding signs can be seen above the doors, so people know where to go.

7) All the explainations about the paintings are on the eye line level.

8) There are some benches between the walls, so people can sit and observe the paintings carefully.

9) In each room there is a stand with the explanation of the theme which unites all the pictures.

As The National Portrait Gallery is right behind in the same building, I visited it too.

I was very lucky to make a lot of pictures, because when I already finished the administration worn me not to do it :))

As it can be seen, the lights are in the middle of the ceiling. The atmosphere is a little bit sobdued, but every picture has enough light.

The combination of one bigger and two smaller pictures.

The combination of 8 the same size pictures.

The explanations are near the painting and there is a border around the picture.

Also, like in Tate Modern Gallery the pictures are mixed with the statues which represent the same theme.

The explanation is right near the exhibit, so the viewer can understand what he is observing.

Near I saw this plate on the wall which is also guiding people how to lighten the box with exhibit

The architectural planning is quite good as the rooms are naturaly lightened, but some lamps are used as well and they are shining directly to the pictures.

Apart from the walls, there are some stands in the middle as well.

This picture is very interesting. There an explanation on the right saying that the theme of this 'wall' is Religion, so all the paintings are united between each other. Also it is important to note, that the main picture of this wall is in the middle and to get bigger attention from the viewers it is marked with violet colour.

The big plate is explaining the topic of the exposition and the small plates tells the story of each painting individualy.