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Events on Monday 9 April 1838 1
1838National Gallery Opens New Building on Trafalgar SquareLondon's national art collection moves to a purpose-built homeThe National Gallery's new building, designed by William Wilkins, opened to the public on Trafalgar Square in London. The gallery had previously been housed in a townhouse on Pall Mall since its founding in 1824. The new site placed it at the symbolic center of the city, alongside the Royal Academy.