Why it takes two days to move a 500-year-old altarpiece | National Gallery
Find out, in a rare chance to see our art handlers at work before the Gallery opens, how the team moves a huge, very heavy, 500-year-old altarpiece.
Specialist skills and bespoke equipment come to the fore as we move a Renaissance masterpiece to a new location.
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