LONDON.- The National Gallery announced that a transformational gift of £1 million has been made by American industrialist and philanthropist Mark Pigott OBE towards the refurbishment of the National Gallery’s Education Centre and to improve its teaching facilities. Dr Nicholas Penny, National Gallery Director, said: “Education and public engagement have always been central to the Gallery’s mission. We have a long tradition of offering people opportunities to discover, explore and learn about the collection, whatever their age or level of understanding. “Our education programme is one of the largest in Europe, with over 80,000 school pupils on facilitated visits per year, 3,300 teachers on courses and 80,300 adults participating in our talks and tours. We are delighted to announce the renaming of the Education Centre as the Pigott Education Centre and would like to thank Mr Pigott for this genero