Self-Guided Gallery Visits

Roger Eliot Fry (1866 – 1934), Portrait of Nina Hamnett, 1917, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

We welcome self-guided visits by learning groups to the Gallery, but you must book your visit via our booking form below.

Visits to the permanent collection are free for students, teachers and community groups.

Please note that we don’t allow Primary school groups in the Gallery for self-guided visits.  Please see our free Learning Tours and Workshops offer.

We will respond to your booking request as soon as possible, but during busy periods it may take 2-3 days to confirm your booking, and we recommend submitting a booking request at least two weeks in advance.

Self-guided learning visits to The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition. Monet and London. Views of the Thames

  • Schools and Colleges can visit the exhibition on Monday and Tuesdays only, from 10:00 – 12:00.
  • Teachers with groups of under 18s are free. HE teachers and over 18s will be charged for entry to the exhibition at discounted rates.
  • Only 10 students or group members can enter per time slot. Larger groups will be split across time slots, entering every 30 minutes.
  • Group teaching and activities are not permitted in the temporary exhibitions.
  • For community group visits on Monday and Tuesday please contact katty.morgan@courtauld.ac.uk

Self-guided learning visits to other temporary exhibitions

Learning groups can make self-guided visits to our temporary exhibitions, but please note:

  • Group teaching and activities are not permitted in the temporary exhibitions.
  • Education groups cannot be booked into the exhibition during peak hours (12.00 – 15.00).
  • Only 15 students can enter the exhibition per time slot. Larger groups will need to be split across time slots, which are every 15 minutes, with a maximum of 25 students in the space at one time.
  • Teachers with groups of under 18s are free. HE teachers and over 18s will be charged for entry to the exhibition at discounted rates.
  • For community group visits please contact katty.morgan@courtauld.ac.uk

Useful Resources

To support your visit to the main gallery we have a range of Focus resources that provide background to an artwork on display with a suggested activity to help your students engage with the artist’s ideas and process.

For more information about the collection and ideas around curating your own we have A Collection of collections, a richly layered resource that prompts thinking around how artworks ended up at The Courtauld along with artist and illustrators’ suggestions for alternative collections and an invitation for you to devise your own.

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