Fancy Spending a Night Inside London’s National Gallery?

The museum is celebrating the reopening of its Sainsbury Wing, as well as a major refresh of its collection, with an overnight experience for one lucky couple.

Credit: National Gallery

For the past two years, crews have been renovating the Sainsbury Wing at London’s National Gallery on Trafalgar Square. Now, to celebrate the wing’s makeover, the museum is giving one lucky art aficionado (with their plus one, if they wish) the chance to spend the night among its many masterpieces.

Not entirely accidentally, the sleepover coincides with the National Gallery’s 200th anniversary. To mark this milestone, curators are rearranging the museum’s permanent collection - and whoever wins the overnight stay will get a private preview of the redesign, called CC Land: The Wonder of Art.

To enter for a chance to win, participants must be over the age of 18. The contest will remain open until April 28, when a winner will be randomly chosen.

The sleepover will take place on May 9, the night before the Sainsbury Wing reopens to the public. The evening will begin with dinner for two at Locatelli, the museum’s new on-site restaurant, followed by a private tour led by Christine Riding, the National Gallery’s director of collections and research.

The winner(s) will then be able to curl up in a sumptuous bed placed between the Sainsbury Wing and the rest of the museum. In the morning, they’ll (it could be you!) enjoy breakfast and a few moments to themselves among the artwork before the Sainsbury Wing opens at 10 a.m.

Why not try your luck?

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