Blind or partially-sighted visitors at The King's Gallery
The Gallery staircase ©
The Queen’s Gallery has now become The King’s Gallery.
Concessionary rates are available if you have a disability and we offer a free access companion ticket which can be booked online.
Flooring and surfaces
There are stone and polished wooden floors throughout. There are ornamental grilles in the flooring surrounding each of the Galleries.
Multimedia tour
A complimentary multimedia tour, on a touch-screen device, is available in English. Guides are wiped down before use and cleaned on return.
Large print information
Large print texts are available to borrow from the multimedia desk. Alternatively, these can be downloaded to your device as PDFs before or during your visit. Click or tap the icons below for the texts for each different room.
Large print labels - Blue Gallery ('Chambers')
The wall labels from the Holbein at the Tudor Court exhibition in easy to read large text
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Large print labels - Green Gallery ('Pennethorne')
The wall labels from the Holbein at the Tudor Court exhibition in easy to read large text
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Large print labels - Red Gallery ('Nash')
The wall labels from the Holbein at the Tudor Court exhibition in easy to read large text
DownloadAssistance animals
Assistance animals are welcome. We recommend that if possible animals wear a jacket or lead slip to identify them as working.
Staff reserve the right to ask visitors to remove their animal if it is deemed not to be behaving appropriately. Arrangements will then be made for the visitor to return without their animal. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Toilets
Accessible toilets are located on the ground floor of the Gallery.
Shops
The Gallery shop is at split levels, with three steps between levels. A ramp is available on the left-hand side of the shop. The flooring is stone at the entrance and carpet in the shop. There is a hand sanitiser station at the entrance.
Entrance to the Gallery shop ©
Descriptive Events
Free Descriptive Zoom talks run on the first Tuesday of the month, from 14:00, exploring a different item in the Collection. For more information please see below.
