Floor plans
The portraits are arranged chronologically starting with the Tudor collection on Floor 3 and ending with the newest additions to the Collection on Floor 0. A good way to start your visit is to take the lifts or escalator up to the beginning of the Collection.
Exhibitions are on Floor 0 and Floor 2.
Floor 4
Dine in The Portrait Restaurant by Richard Corrigan, in The Borthwick Room
Floor 3
Duveen Wing | Ondaatje Wing
Explore portraits from 1300 to 1850
Tudors: Rooms 1-2
Uniting Kingdoms: Creating a Nation: Room 3
Civil War: Rooms 4-6
Royalty, Religion and Revolution: Rooms 7
The Kit-cat Club portraits: Room 8
Art, Science and Society: Room 9
Global Britain: Rooms 10-12
Everyday portraits: Room 13
Temporary displays: Room 14
Regency, Romantics and Reform: Rooms 15-18
Floor 2
Blavatnik Wing | Duveen Wing | Ondaatje Wing
Explore portraits from 1850 to 2000 and visit an exhibition
Victorians: Rooms 19-23
Challenging Identities: Room 24
Towards the Second World War: Rooms 25-27
Making the Modern World: Room 28
Current exhibition: Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In (21 March - 16 June 2024)
Floor 1
Weston Wing
Explore portraits from 2000 to today
Contemporary Collection: Rooms 29-32
Floor 0
Duveen Wing | Ondaatje Wing
Explore History Makers Now in Room 33 and visit an exhibition
Current exhibition: The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure (22 February - 19 May 2024)
Ticket and Membership Desk
Cloakroom
Shop
Exit to Charing Cross Road
Floor -2
Ondaatje Wing | The Simon & Mildred Palley Learning Centre
Law Photography Studio
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
Changing Places toilet
Floor -3
Weston Wing | The Simon and Mildred Palley Learning Centre
Eat and drink in Larry's Café Bar (Weston Wing)
Explore temporary displays in the Spotlight Space
Art Studio
Clore Studio
Mildred Garden
Find facilities
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Toilets are available on Floors -2, -3, 4.
Changing Places toilet is on Floor -2. If you wish to use this facility, you will need to bring your own sling.
Baby-changing facilities are on Floors -2 and -3.
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The Portrait Restaurant: Level 4, The Borthwick Room.
Audrey Green café: Floor -1, The Weston Wing.
Larry's dining and bar: Floor -3, The Weston Wing.
There is a lunchroom within the Learning Centre on Floor -3 which is accessible to families during family days.
The Portrait Pavillion café and shop: opposite the Gallery’s new main entrance, at 11a Charing Cross Road.
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Cloakroom: Floor 0