visiting Autograph: A visual Story
Information to help you plan and prepare for your visit, including measurements to support navigation for wheelchair users.
Introducing Autograph
Autograph is a gallery. A gallery is a place where art is displayed for everyone to see.
Autograph is located in East London. This is what the building looks like from the outside.
Visitor Information
Closed
The gallery is closed on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays
opening times
Wednesdays, 11am - 6pm
Thursdays, 11am - 9pm
Fridays, 11am - 6pm
Saturdays, 12:30 - 6pm
free entry
Entry to all of our exhibitions is free
Busy times
There are normally more visitors in the gallery on Thursday evenings and on Saturdays
getting to autograph
For more detailed information about visiting and getting to Autograph, click here.
arriving by tube or train
Our nearest stations are:
Shoreditch High Street
Old Street
Liverpool Street
arriving by bus
These buses stop close to Autograph:
26, 35, 47, 55, 149, 242, 243
disabled parking
Is free to use for up to 3 hours on Curtain Road, a two-minute walk from the gallery
Getting around The building
Entrance
The entrance to Autograph is on Rivington Place. There is an automatic glass door which is 200cm wide and provides level access.
Welcome desk
When you enter the building, the welcome desk is located on your right. Our welcome desk is low and suitable for wheelchair users. There is always a friendly member of staff at the desk who can help with any questions that you may have.
Lift
When you arrive at Autograph the lift will be located straight ahead of you. The lift goes to all floors of the building.
It measures 90 cm wide, 200cm high and 136cm deep.
Stairs
There is staircase access to each floor with handrails provided.
Toilets
There are accessible, single-occupancy unisex toilets on all floors, with wide doors. The toilet rooms are 152cm x 221cm. The toilet door is 82cm wide.
These toilets have plenty of space for a chair to be parked alongside
them. The toilet seat is 41cm high. There are grab rails either side of the toilet and the room itself is well lit. Each toilet has an automated hand dryer and hand towels. The wash basin is 72cm from the ground and the single tap has a tab that pulls towards you.
Baby change facilities
There are baby change facilities in the toilet located on the ground floor nearest the lift.
Gallery 1
Gallery 1 is based on the ground floor. The entrance to Gallery 1 is 148.5cm wide. The space itself is very open depending on the work that is being shown. There will always be plenty of room to navigate the space in a wheelchair.
Gallery 2
Gallery 2 is located on the second floor with lift and stair access.
The entrance to Gallery 2 is 92.5cm wide.
Visitor Ambassadors
Visitor Ambassadors are members of staff who work for the gallery, and help people during their visits. They may speak to you and ask you to complete a feedback form - if you don't want to complete the form you are welcome to say no.
Visitor Ambassadors are dressed in black and can be identified by the red lanyard worn around their necks.
Seating
There are simple benches without backs or arms in both galleries. If you would like a chair with arms or a back, please ask a Visitor Ambassador and they will get one for you.
Banner image: Installation view of Nhu Xuan Hua: Of Walking on Fire exhibition at Autograph. 16 April - 19 September 2026. Curated by Bindi Vora. Photograph by Kate Elliott.
Introducing Autograph: 1) Image from Lina Iris Viktor: Some Are Born To Endless Night — Dark Matter exhibition at Autograph, London. 13 September 2019 - 25 January 2020. Curated by Renée Mussai. Photograph by Zoë Maxwell. 2) Autograph, photograph by Kate Elliott.
