Lower Chambers Portrait Corridor

Lower Chambers Portrait Corridor
Location information
Location	Hogwarts Castle, Scotland, Great Britain
Owner(s)	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Permanent residents	Portraits
Affiliation	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

The Lower Chambers Portrait Corridor was a corridor in the Lower Chambers at Hogwarts Castle. Its walls were covered in portraits and tapestries. This corridor was poorly lit at night, as the portraits could not sleep with the lights on. There was also a framed mirror on one of the walls.

History

1988

In 1988, Nearly Headless Nick mentioned to Jacob's sibling that he had heard a rumour years ago that a student had been stuck in a painting in this corridor, but when he had gone see the student, they had already been freed, if had ever been stuck.

1993

In 1993, Harry Potter saw Peter Pettigrew's name on the Marauder's Map. As Harry had heard that Pettigrew was dead, supposedly murdered by Sirius Black, he rushed down from the dormitory in Gryffindor Tower to this corridor in an attempt to locate him. Pettigrew, transformed into his animagus form of the rat, Scabbers, passed right by Harry in this corridor, to the latter's astonishment. Severus Snape then caught Harry wandering the corridor at night, and was about to punish him until Professor Lupin arrived and covered for Harry.

Known portraits

• Portrait of an old man
• Portrait of a mad old man
• Portrait of a young man
• Portrait of a sleeping hermit
• Portrait of a bearded man holding a book
• Unidentified resting headmaster

Behind the scenes

• This corridor is only named on the official Marauder's Map replica made by the Noble Collection. In the Marauder's Map in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the corridor has no name.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First appearance) (On the film index map the name is given as -wer C- Portra- -dor)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (First identified as Lower Chambers Portrait Corridor in extra feature on Disc 2)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)