The First Floor Landing Access Project

The major First Floor Landing Access project has now been successfully completed. This will enable all visitors to access displays in the Landing area (Room 33) via a new lift.

The First Floor Landing, which forms part of the original Victorian staircase, was previously the only part of the Gallery without wheelchair access. It was a complex project which involved building a corridor in a narrow void between the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery.

The Gallery has become, therefore, for the first time in its history, 100% accessible and we look forward to welcoming visitors to the wide variety of collections and exhibitions on display in all areas of the Gallery.

The project has been made possible by grants from the DCMS/Wolfson Fund and the A.B. Allen Trust, together with some of the Gallery's own funds.

We would like to offer our thanks to the funders and to the project managers, GVA Grimley, and to Killby and Gayford, who were appointed as the official contractors and conducted the project with minimal disruption to the daily work of the Gallery. We would also like to thank the Gallery's Disability Action Group for advice during the planning and building process.

Current exhibition on the First Floor Landing (Room 33) - Bern Schwartz: Portraits of the 1970s until 4 January 2009

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