The Courtauld Gallery is open Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 (last entry 17:15).
The Gallery is located in Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN.
Tickets can be booked online. We also have tickets to the permanent collection available every day at our ticket desk.
Admission prices vary depending on the day of the week and our temporary exhibitions programme. Entry to the Gallery includes the permanent collection as well as our smaller exhibitions and displays. Additional charges apply for our temporary exhibitions.
Please note The Courtauld Gallery, Shop, and Art Café are cashless. We accept a wide range of cards and payment devices, including Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Apple Pay and more.
National Art Pass
National Art Pass / Art Fund members can enjoy unlimited free entry to The Courtauld Gallery’s permanent collection, Drawings Gallery exhibitions and changing temporary displays. Please note there is no reduced-price entry for National Art Pass / Art Fund members to the main temporary exhibitions organised in the Denise Coates Exhibition Galleries, including Goya to Impressionism. Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection.
Universal Credit
We want everybody to be able to visit The Courtauld Gallery. To help with the cost of ticket prices, concession tickets are available for anyone in receipt of Universal Credit or Pension Credit.
Tickets can be booked online or at the Gallery on the day (if available). You must bring proof of eligibility with you, this can be one of the following
- Universal Credit – show your Universal Credit statement, either on your mobile app or a paper copy
- Pension Credit – DWP letter of confirmation.
You can click the following link to get a proof of benefit letter Get a proof of benefit letter – GOV.UK
| Permanent Collection | Weekdays | Weekends |
|---|---|---|
| Adult (19+) with donation | £12 | £14 |
| Adult (19+) | £10 | £12 |
| Courtauld Friends and Patrons | Free | Free |
| 18 and under | Free | Free |
| Student, Universal/Pension Credit, Disabled Companion, Art Fund, ICOM, Teacher, Museums Association | Free | Free |
| Abstract Erotic: Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Alice Adams + permanent collection | Weekdays | Weekends |
|---|---|---|
| Adult (19+) with donation | £16 | £18 |
| Adult (19+) | £14 | £16 |
| Student, Universal/Pension Credit | £7 | £7 |
| Teacher | £8 | £8.5 |
| Museums Association | £8 | £8 |
| Courtauld Friends and Patrons | Free | Free |
| Disabled Companion | Free | Free |
| 18 and under | Free | Free |
| ICOM | Free | Free |
Find us
The Courtauld is located within Somerset House, one of London’s most famous landmarks and right in the heart of the city. Both the Gallery and Art Café can be directly accessed via The Strand entrance of Somerset House.
The Courtauld Gallery is part of the newly pedestrianised Strand Aldwych ‘creative thinking quarter’ – a major new public space in the heart of London.
The Courtauld is in walking distance of Trafalgar Square, Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden and Bloomsbury – hubs of art, education and culture that are enhanced by the Strand Aldwych pedestrianisation project.
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House
Strand
London, WC2R 0RN
The area is well served by public transport, and we encourage all visitors to The Courtauld to use one of these methods wherever possible. If you need further help or support with access to The Courtauld, please email galleryinfo@courtauld.ac.uk.
The area directly outside the Courtauld Gallery — formerly one of London’s busiest traffic sites — is now a spectacular new public piazza in London’s West End. Strand Aldwych is a placemaking project supported by Westminster City Council.
Trains
The London Underground (tube) stations nearest to The Courtauld are:
- Temple (Circle and District lines)
- Charing Cross (Bakerloo and Northern lines)
- Embankment (Bakerloo, Circle, District and Northern lines)
- Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)
For visitors travelling by national rail, the nearest railways stations are Waterloo (via Waterloo Bridge) and Charing Cross.
Buses
Many of the bus routes to Somerset House have been affected by the pedestrianisation of The Strand. We advise you check your route on the TfL website while planning your visit for the most up-to-date information.
Cycling
The closest bicycle parking is opposite the main entrance to Somerset House.
The Santander Cycle Hire Bike is located opposite the Lyceum theatre in Wellington Street (just in the crossing of Strand and Waterloo Bridge).
Car
For those unable to visit using public transport, the nearest public car parks are at Drury Lane to the north or the Southbank Centre to the south.
If you plan on taking a taxi, we advise stating your destination as ‘The Courtauld at Somerset House’.
