Group Visits & Tours

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All groups are welcome to visit Drawing Room. You can enhance your visit with a group tour of our exhibitions and library & research centre. Booking is essential for tours and groups of more than 10 people.

A tour will allow you to discover more about everything we do at Drawing Room, from our current exhibitions to our drawing research programme. If you do not require a tour for your group visit, please note self-led visits for groups of more than 10 people need to be booked in advance. To organise your group tour or self-led visit, please contact Drawing Room’s Gallery Manager [email protected] to book. 

Before making your group booking enquiry, please note:

  • We are only able to offer group tours during exhibition opening periods – our What’s On page will tell you what exhibitions we currently have on and their duration.
  • Tours can only be booked Wednesday – Friday.
  • A combined tour of the library and exhibition would normally last 30-40 minutes, a tour of the exhibition only would last roughly 20 minutes.
  • We require visiting tour groups to be a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 20 people, any groups larger than 20 will require staggered entry times.
  • For tours, we recommend a £5 donation for each person attending. If your group is unable to meet this recommendation, please still make a booking enquiry with our Gallery Manager. We are particularly keen to hear from local community groups and schools interested in visiting Drawing Room.
  • If you would like to book in a tour with one of Drawing Room’s Co-Directors/Co-Founders, Mary Doyle and Kate Macfarlane, we recommend a higher donation of £200 per group.
  • All group tours and self-led visits should be booked at least 2 weeks in advance of the intended visit date.
  • We are unable to provide a designated lunch space on site for group visits, however there is plenty of outdoor tables and seating just outside our building which is free for the public to use.
  • We have cloakrooms available to use during visits, but we cannot take any responsibility for any items damaged/lost if left in the cloakroom.

Please see our Access page or contact our Gallery Manager directly if you would like to discuss how we can support with access needs during your gorup visit.

Information for Schools & Colleges

  • If possible, it is beneficial for teachers to visit the exhibitions beforehand in order to assess its suitability for their group.
  • Teachers are responsible for the behaviour and conduct of students at all times.
  • We ask visiting school groups to maintain a staff to student ratio of 1:10.
  • Following your tour, schools can also book our Community Studio dependant on availability to use as a lunch space for up to 2 hours.