National Portrait Gallery Tours and Tickets

The National Portrait Gallery offers amenities such as a café open daily, a cloakroom, and a research library.

While the permanent collection is open to the public free of charge, tickets (and sometimes advanced bookings) are typically required for temporary exhibitions.

To enhance your visit, the gallery has free Wi-Fi, an app, and an audio guide.

The gallery has helpful amenities for visitors with mobility difficulties or disabilities, including hearing loops in some areas, special sessions for low sensory experiences, audio descriptions of works, and wheelchairs and walkers for loan.

Sketching is permitted within the National Portrait Gallery, but there are rules on allowable drawing materials.