Access Information
What We Provide
Getting around the Gallery
While exhibitions are being installed and during the one paying show a year, circulation routes around the gallery will be altered. The whole Gallery remains open at all times but please contact the Information Desk for specific information.
Download a floorplan of the galleries.
Levels and lifts
Our entrance is at street level and all the galleries are wheelchair accessible. There is a lift servicing all levels.
Seating
If you require seating during your visit there are folding chairs available behind the Cloakroom and next to the Upper Gallery. Please ask at the Information Desk for assistance.
Borrowing wheelchairs and walkers
Wheelchairs and walkers are available on request.
Dogs
Guide dogs, hearing and registered assistance dogs are welcome. Staff can provide a bowl of water. If you want to bring your guide or hearing dog to an event in our lecture theatre, please call in advance to reserve a seat next to the aisle.
Toilets and baby care facilities
Accessible toilets and baby changing facilities are available.
For visually impaired visitors
Large print information about exhibitions, events and facilities can be collected from the Information Desk.
For hearing impaired visitors
Our auditorium, Study Studio and Creative Studios are equipped with induction loops.
First Thursday talks will be BSL interpreted and speakers giving talks in the galleries wear portable induction loops. There are 4 portable receivers, which can be borrowed from the Information Desk. Text transcriptions are available where necessary for sound installations. Please ask at the Information Desk for more information.
For more information or to enquire about other access facilities, please contact the Visitor Services Department on info@whitechapelgallery.org or +44 (0)20 7522 7888.










