The National Portrait Gallery

Overall rating

4.62

About

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

Reviews

Overall rating

4.62

(4 reviews)

Overall rating breakdown

5 2
4 2
3 0
2 0
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Access (avg.)

4.75

Parking (avg.)

4.25

Toilets (avg.)

2.75

Staff (avg.)

4.25

tinahodgkinson

Dec 2019

Excellent staff disability awareness and very accessible

The National Portrait Gallery is a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. Therefore, it’s of interest to people who like history not just art lovers. The review is of my visit to the Pre-Raphaelite Sisters exhibition, which is on till 26 January 2020. Please note that the National Portrait Gallery is temporarily close to the public from 29 June 2020 until spring 2023, while essential building works take place. The re-development will include a significant refurbishment of the building, restoring historic features and creating a new visitor entrance and public forecourt on the building’s North side and enhancing the Gallery’s visibility and accessibility.

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djarmbe

Oct 2018

A step back in time.

Not being particularly Arty, when losing ones sight, it has been one of those if only moments. We are interested in all things Jacobean, Tudor and Stuart. So enveloped in a visit to Hampton Court Palce was a visit to see and experience a wonderfully conceived presentation of portraits through this period, of Queens, Kings, notable figures famous and infamous. The audio description was superb to compliment the portaits I have seen on countless tv documentaries and later at Hampton Court. The Gallery being mid Victorian has been modified where possible to accommodate better access, with its own entrance and exit, ramps and lifts.

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Squirrelpot

May 2015

4.5

Superb accessibility, toilets leaves something to be desired

Excellent in every way: good lifts (when they're working, which is usually), good staff, easy access all areas.

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Disabled Access Information Provided by The National Portrait Gallery

Disabled Access at The National Portrait Gallery

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.

Disabled access

Toilets features at The National Portrait Gallery

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.

Accessible toilet

A designated accessible toilet designed for wheelchair users and others with visible and non-visible accessibility requirements is available within the main public areas.