Venue Description

Established in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery, London, holds the world's largest collection of personalities and faces. Admission free.

Accessibility

Step-free entrances can be found on Orange Street and St Martin’s Place (through the shop entrance) and lifts provide access to all floors of the Gallery. Manual wheelchairs are provided for visitors with mobility difficulties. The Ondaatje Wing Theatre can accommodate five manual wheelchairs or three electric wheelchairs. To book a wheelchair in advance of your visit or reserve space in the theatre, email education@npg.org.uk or call 020 7306 0055. Guide, hearing and assistance dogs are welcome in all areas of the Gallery. Water bowls are available from the Information Desk.

Accessibility Guide

Accessibility Guide Link: http://www.npg.org.uk/learning/access/accessible-programme-and-resources.php

Access Statement

Access Statement Link: http://www.npg.org.uk/footer/accessibility.php

Toilets

The Gallery has four accessible, unisex toilets. Floor 0 Orange Street entrance Floor –2 Adjacent to the Ondaatje Wing Theatre Floor –3 Bookshop Gallery, via the shop lift Floor 3 Adjacent to the Portrait Restaurant, via the Orange Street lifts.

Staff

The Gallery offers a programme of quarterly events interpreted with British Sign Language on the last Thursday of each month at 19.00. BSL interpreted events for young people and families are also programmed. The Gallery offers a free programme of monthly visual description talks for blind and partially sighted audiences called Visualising Portraits. These talks take place on the last Thursday of each month at 14.00.