Beatles to Bowie
National Portrait Gallery
From:
Tuesday, 24th November 2009
To:
Sunday, 24th January 2010

Beatles to Bowie explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create 'Swinging London' in the 1960s. Bringing together 150 photographs, together with a range of memorabilia, the exhibition evocatively illustrates how image, music, fashion and performance combined to make these musicians the leading icons of their time and London the world's most important cultural capital.
 
Highlighting key pop cultural figures from each year of this remarkable decade, the exhibition includes classic images of groups such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who as well as early portraits of singers such as Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Marianne Faithful, Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie.

National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Travel

Nearest Underground: Charing Cross (Northern/Bakerloo lines)/Leicester Square (Northern/Piccadilly lines)
Nearest Rail: Charing Cross

Access

Access to the Gallery for wheelchair users is via the Orange Street ramp entrance and the Gift shop entrance, on St Martin's Place.

The Heinz Archive and Library entrance is at the National Portrait Gallery's administrative offices located on Orange Street opposite the ramp.

Concessions

Disabled visitors pay concessionary rates and carers are entitled to free admission.

Concessionary rates also apply to senior citizens, ES40 cardholders and students in full-time education.

Notes

• Please note that photography is not allowed anywhere in the Gallery
• The Gallery will be closed 24, 25, 26 December
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