The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

Blind or partially-sighted visitors at The King's Gallery, London

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 in all of the gallery spaces.

Seating

There are wooden, backless benches in the gallery spaces. Additional seating, in the form of folding seats, wheelchairs and rollators, can be borrowed.

Multimedia tour

A complimentary multimedia tour, on a touch-screen device, is available in English.

Large print information

Large print texts are available to borrow and are available in each gallery space. Texts can be requested in advance by emailing [email protected]

Assistance 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.

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.

 


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.