If the National Gallery walls could talk, they would have some extraordinary stories to tell. Accordingly, together with his first wife, Elizabeth Selden, and their children, the Wornum family lived beneath the galleries, where family life unfolded in the very heart of the building. Gallery records state that the Wornum family occupied ten rooms – six on the ground floor, and four on the basement floor. Designed by Amsterdam-based Studio Linse, alongside Selldorf Architects and Purcell, the interiors draw direct inspiration from works in the National Gallery Collection. Records suggest they occasionally hosted dances within the building, proving that the National Gallery is, and will always be a place for bringing people together.