The overnight guest will be picked at random from a list of the National Gallery's newsletter subscribers

The overnight guest will be picked at random from a list of the National Gallery's newsletter subscribers

A lucky visitor will soon become the first ever to sleep overnight at Britain's National Gallery, after the 200-year-old museum launched a competition on Monday to mark the reopening of a wing housing celebrated European paintings.

When the Sainsbury Wing reopens after a two-year refurbishment on May 10, the overnight guest -- to be picked at random from a list of newsletter subscribers -- will wake up to breakfast in bed and the chance to explore the gallery before the crowds arrive.

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