Timeline Monday 10 May 1824

Events on Monday 10 May 1824 1

• 1824 National Gallery founded in London British government purchases Angerstein collection to form a public art museum The National Gallery was founded after the British government purchased the art collection of banker John Julius Angerstein in 1824, opening to the public that May at his former townhouse on Pall Mall. It grew into one of the world's major public art collections.