Please pre-book a free, timed slot in advance of your visit. Only a limited number of people are allowed into our buildings so it’s essential that all visitors book a timed slot via the SLG website. 

The Main Building and Fire Station are open Wednesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm.

Find out more information about booking and your visit below.

VISITING THE SLG BUILDINGS

•  Tickets have a specific start time but once inside you can stay as long as you like. 
• You can start your visit either at the Main Building or the Fire Station.
• Social distancing is required throughout both SLG buildings. Please keep a two-metre distance from others.
• Please pay by card or contactless payment in our bookshop and cafe.
• Please wear a face covering.
• Please stay at home if you are feeling unwell.

EXHIBITIONS

Click here to visit our What’s On pages for information about our current displays.

FACILITIES

Booking a timed slot is required for access to all of the SLG's spaces. Please book a ticket for access to:

• Exhibitions in the Main Gallery and Fire Station galleries, including the Archive display [Please note booking a timed ticket doesn't guarantee immediate access to watch 'The Near Room' by Sophie Cundale (running time: 32 mins) and you may be asked to wait.]
• Outdoor spaces including the Orozco Garden, Clore Studio, Fox Reception and Fox Garden
• Bookshop
• Crane's Kitchen [Please note, booking a ticket does not guarantee availability of seating in Crane's Kitchen, the SLG's cafe. Table booking is not available. In addition to the usual café seating, food and drinks can be taken to the Orozco Garden, Clore Studio and Fire Station forecourt where additional seating will be available. Food and drinks are also available to take away.]

The SLG café, Crane’s Kitchen, will be operating with social distancing and other health and safety measures in place. Crane’s Kitchen will be open from 8am – 5pm, with food served from 8.30am – 4pm. A reduced menu will be available along with hot and cold drinks. You do not need to book a timed ticket if visiting the café between 8am and 11am.

The SLG bookshop in the Main Building will be open. Please pay by card where possible. 

Please note that we will not have cloakroom or locker facilities.

SUPPORT US

Please consider supporting the SLG by making a donation as part of your visit. Your support will help us continue our work and realise our ambition for contemporary art to be accessible to all. Every donation makes a genuine difference during this challenging period for the gallery. Thank you.

Donations are non-refundable.

GETTING HERE

Bike racks are available outside the Main Building and Fire Station, but space is limited. 

If you want to come by foot, click here to find walking maps on the Transport for London website.

If you are coming by public transport, click here to visit our Your Visit page for extensive advice.

DATA PROTECTION

In order to help reduce the risk of a local outbreak of coronavirus we are asking for contact details of all visitors. When you book in advance, we will ask for contact details of the person making the booking. If you arrive without an advance booking, a member of staff will ask you to book online. In line with government guidance, we will keep your details for 21 days. We will only share them with NHS Test and Trace if asked, in the event of a visitor or member of staff testing positive for coronavirus.