How to Find Us
Christ Church Picture Gallery is located within the walls of Christ Church. To visit the Picture Gallery without visiting the rest of the college, enter through Canterbury Gate off Oriel Square (from King Edward Street), only a couple of minutes walk from the High Street. The Custodian at the gate will direct you to the Gallery.
For visitors who wish to see the entire college, the entrance is at Meadow Gate. If you start from there, the Picture Gallery is located in the last quadrangle, known as Canterbury Quad, designed by the British architect James Wyatt (1746 - 1813).
Opening Times
Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat - 11.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday - 2.00pm - 5.00pm
(Closed Tuesday and Wednesday)
* Open as usual on bank holidays
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased directly at the entrance to the Picture Gallery or can be booked online here. All group visits need to be booked directly with the Picture Gallery in advance (please see below).
Entrance Charges
Adult - £6.00; Concession - £3.00; Free for members of the University and National Art Pass holders.
Please note that the entrance charge to the Picture Gallery is independent of the admission charge to the rest of the college. Visitors who have bought a ticket to visit Christ Church are entitled to the reduced £3.00 Gallery entrance charge.
Annual ticket (unlimited entrance to the Picture Gallery for one year) - £15.00; Concession (Annual Ticket) - £7.50.
Group Visits
In order to avoid over-crowding and possible danger to the paintings on display, group visits are restricted to a maximum of 12 visitors per group and should be pre-booked. Please give at least one week's notice of your visit. Group leaders are free, but members of your party pay the standard admissions charge (£6 Adults & £3 Concessions).
Accessibility
At present the Picture Gallery is not accessible to wheelchair users, as it is reached by a narrow flight of steps, with further level changes and narrow corners within the listed gallery building.
Blue Badge parking spaces are available at Oriel Square, outside Canterbury Gate, the gallery’s entrance gate.
Descriptions of exhibits are available in large print for those with visual impairments. But please note that due to conservation needs light levels in some parts of the gallery are low.
For further information please contact the Curator of the Picture Gallery.
Gallery Tours
Every Thursday at 2.30pm visitors can join a tour through the Gallery with our expert tour guides or curatorial staff. The tour is free with the price of admission.
Special and individually tailored tours can be arranged. The maximum number of people per tour is restricted to 8 individuals.
Photography
Photography is not permitted in the Picture Gallery.
Sketching in the Gallery
Visitors are permitted to sketch in the gallery, on paper not to exceed 12 x 18 inches with charcoal or lead pencils only. If individuals need to sharpen their pencils, they must use their own boxes to collect the shavings.
The use of pens, coloured pencils, oil paints, easels, or watercolours is not allowed. In addition, individuals who sketch in the gallery may not interfere with the flow of visitors through the galleries and are subject to further direction from the gallery staff, as necessary.
Contact
Christ Church Picture Gallery
Christ Church
St Aldates
Oxford OX1 1DP
General inquiries
picturegallery@chch.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 276172
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Curator of the Picture Gallery
Jacqueline Thalmann
jacqueline.thalmann@chch.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 286330
Curatorial Assistants
Claire Ó Nualláin
claire.onuallain@chch.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 276172
Elania Pieragostini
elania.pieragostini@chch.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 276172
PR Assistant
N.N.
picturegallery@chch.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 276172
