Our new exhibition, Icons Summer 2010, can now be viewed online [ Click here ] and at our gallery from June 21st to July 12th.

The gallery is open for visiting on weekdays from 10 - 6, on Saturdays from 12 - 4 during the exhibition, and at other times by appointment.

Our stock of Byzantine, Greek, Cretan and Russian icons available for sale can be viewed here online [ Click here ].

You can also see our collection of Byzantine bronze and stone antiquities.






Richard Temple Founded the Temple Gallery in 1959 as a centre for the study, restoration and exhibition of ancient icons and sacred art....[ read more... ]





Gallery Opening Times


The gallery is open on weekdays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, from 12:00pm to 4pm during the exhibition, and closed on Sundays.

Appointments can be made for visits outside these times.

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News and Events


  • In the habitat of icons.
    A visitor's review of our Summer 2010 exhibition has been posted by Simon Jenkins on his blog. Click here for more details

  • Richard Temple's doctoral thesis, "PETER BRUEGEL AND ESOTERIC TRADITION", is now available for download from this site..
    Click here for more details

  • A School of Liturgical Arts to be founded.
    Full details, including online enquiry/registration form, can be found on the website of professional iconographer Aidan Hart. Click here for more details

  • The British Museum has an online catalogue of its icon collection. Click here for details

  • Book recommendation:- ICONS, by Robin Cormack, The British Museum Press, 2007. [ more details... ].