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Terms and Conditions for Royal Academy Events & Lectures

• Reductions are available for students, jobseekers and people with disabilities with recognised proof of status. Please note that reductions are not available for Friends Events.

• There is a handling fee of £5 for all refunds and no refunds are given if cancellation is made less than 14 days before the event. Your ticket must be returned to the Royal Academy in order to qualify for a refund.

• Your tickets will be posted to you. If you book less than four days before an event, your tickets will be held for collection on the door of the event. Please bring your booking reference number in order to collect your tickets.

• We do not issue tickets for free lunchtime lectures. Please bring your booking reference number and/or a copy of your booking confirmation email to show at the door.

• RA Events & Lectures do not accept cheques, postal orders or stamped-addressed envelopes.

• Friends Events are only open to Patrons and Friends. Each Patron or Friend may buy one guest ticket.

• Friends Events booking forms are balloted on a weekly basis; please list your choices in preference order. When an event is running on more than one day and/or time and you do not choose a time, we will select one for you.

• Friends Events coaches do not leave from inside the Royal Academy courtyard, but from the street outside on Piccadilly. Coach return times are approximate.

• Gallery talks, Friends events and some workshops require walking.

• Ticket holders consent to the photographing, recording and filming of themselves as members of the audience.

• Cameras, recording equipment, food and drink are not allowed in lectures.

• The Royal Academy reserves the right to refuse admission to any event.

• All RA Events & Lectures and ticketing procedures are correct at time of publication, but are subject to change without notice. Whenever possible, changes will be posted on the Royal Academy website.