COLLECTION STORY

How Do You Move a Masterpiece?

See behind-the-scenes as paintings are moved at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

Paintings move
Paintings move ©

Our team of curators, conservators and art handlers work together to assess paintings, prepare them for international travel, and ensure that every artwork—whether a Rembrandt returning from Vienna or a Titian heading to Venice — remains safe, stable and ready to be enjoyed by the public.

Watch our film for a rare look inside the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and the historic rooms in Windsor Castle at a time when they are normally closed to the public. Explore how paintings are cared for, moved, loaned and displayed across the royal residences.

How do you move a masterpiece? Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited

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Royal Collection Trust is a charity caring for the Royal Collection, one of the world’s great art collections. Income from your visit helps us to conserve and share the Collection so that it can be enjoyed by everyone, wherever they are.