A senior National Gallery curator alleges that the museum’s outsourced security staff are segregated from other staff areas. The curator says guards—many of whom are from minority ethnic backgrounds—are barred from the building’s main “hub,” described as bright and airy recreation rooms available to employees who the allegation says are mainly white. According to the claims, outsourced guards are not allowed to take breaks there and are not permitted to sit in that area. The reports frame the situation as comparable to “second-class citizens,” citing the separation of access to common facilities. The coverage is based on the curator’s account, with the core allegation focusing on restricted use of staff spaces for outsourced security personnel. The sources provided do not include a response from the National Gallery or further independent verification of the specific arrangements, but they consistently describe the alleged differential access to the hub and the impact on the security staff’s ability to use staff recreation areas.