diff --git a/LOTUS_FEATURES.md b/LOTUS_FEATURES.md
index 8012dc4f6..434daca85 100644
--- a/LOTUS_FEATURES.md
+++ b/LOTUS_FEATURES.md
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ A toggle in **Settings → Privacy** switches between sending `m.read` (public r
 `MediaGallery.tsx` — a right-side drawer for browsing room media.
 
 - Four tabs: **Images**, **Videos**, **Audio**, **Files** (each with a live count)
-- **Images/Videos** — a month-grouped grid; tiles decrypt on demand (lazy, near-viewport), open a keyboard-navigable **lightbox** (←/→/Esc, prev/next). Each grid tile has a hover/focus **download** button, and the lightbox header has a **Download** action — both reuse the shared `FileDownloadButton` (full-resolution source, decrypts E2EE media client-side, spinner/✓/retry states), so images and videos can be saved without jumping to the message. On touch (no-hover) devices the tile download button stays visible.
+- **Images/Videos** — a month-grouped grid; tiles decrypt on demand (lazy, near-viewport), open a keyboard-navigable **lightbox** (←/→/Esc, prev/next). Each grid tile has a hover/focus **download** button, and the lightbox header has a **Download** action — both reuse the shared `FileDownloadButton` (full-resolution source, decrypts E2EE media client-side, spinner/✓/retry states), so images and videos can be saved without jumping to the message. On touch (no-hover) devices the tile download button stays visible. In the lightbox, **images support zoom & pan** (scroll wheel or −/+ header buttons, `+`/`-`/`0` keys, double-click or the % chip to toggle 1×↔2×; drag to pan when zoomed) via the shared `useZoom`/`usePan` hooks; zoom resets when navigating to another item.
 - **Audio** — voice messages + audio files (`m.audio`) with an inline player (reuses `AudioContent`: **waveform scrubbing** for voice messages, play/seek/**speed control**; decrypts on play)
 - **Files** — name/size/sender rows with download
 - **Jump to message** — a "Go to message" action on file rows, audio rows, and in the lightbox navigates the timeline to the source event (`useRoomNavigate`) and closes the drawer
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/MediaGallery.tsx b/src/app/features/room/MediaGallery.tsx
index f157583e6..f4e12fa6a 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/MediaGallery.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/MediaGallery.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import {
   Box,
   Button,
+  Chip,
   Header,
   Icon,
   IconButton,
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ import { EventType, MatrixClient, MatrixEvent, MsgType, Room } from 'matrix-js-s
 import FocusTrap from 'focus-trap-react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { useNearViewport } from '../../hooks/useNearViewport';
+import { useZoom } from '../../hooks/useZoom';
+import { usePan, Pan } from '../../hooks/usePan';
 import { IEncryptedFile, IImageInfo, IThumbnailContent } from '../../../types/matrix/common';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
 import { useMediaAuthentication } from '../../hooks/useMediaAuthentication';
@@ -176,9 +179,19 @@ type LightboxItem = {
 function LightboxMedia({
   item,
   useAuthentication,
+  zoom,
+  pan,
+  cursor,
+  onMouseDown,
+  onImageDoubleClick,
 }: {
   item: LightboxItem;
   useAuthentication: boolean;
+  zoom: number;
+  pan: Pan;
+  cursor: string;
+  onMouseDown: React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLElement>;
+  onImageDoubleClick: () => void;
 }) {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const media = useDecryptedMediaUrl(
@@ -231,12 +244,19 @@ function LightboxMedia({
           <img
             src={media.url}
             alt={item.body}
+            draggable={false}
+            onMouseDown={onMouseDown}
+            onDoubleClick={onImageDoubleClick}
             style={{
               maxWidth: '100%',
               maxHeight: 'calc(100vh - 120px)',
               objectFit: 'contain',
               borderRadius: config.radii.R300,
               display: 'block',
+              cursor,
+              transform: `scale(${zoom}) translate(${pan.translateX}px, ${pan.translateY}px)`,
+              transition: cursor === 'grabbing' ? 'none' : 'transform 120ms ease-out',
+              willChange: 'transform',
             }}
           />
         ))}
@@ -259,6 +279,20 @@ function Lightbox({
 }) {
   const [index, setIndex] = useState(initialIndex);
 
+  const item = items[index];
+  const isImage = item?.msgtype === MsgType.Image;
+
+  const { zoom, zoomIn, zoomOut, setZoom } = useZoom(0.2);
+  // Pan is only active for a zoomed-in image; usePan resets its offset when this
+  // flips false (i.e. back to 1x, on navigation, or on a video).
+  const { pan, cursor, onMouseDown } = usePan(isImage && zoom !== 1);
+  const toggleZoom = useCallback(() => setZoom((z) => (z === 1 ? 2 : 1)), [setZoom]);
+
+  // Reset zoom when navigating to another item (and thus pan, via usePan).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setZoom(1);
+  }, [index, setZoom]);
+
   const prev = useCallback(() => setIndex((i) => Math.max(0, i - 1)), []);
   const next = useCallback(
     () => setIndex((i) => Math.min(items.length - 1, i + 1)),
@@ -269,11 +303,21 @@ function Lightbox({
       if (e.key === 'ArrowLeft') prev();
       else if (e.key === 'ArrowRight') next();
       else if (e.key === 'Escape') onClose();
+      else if (isImage && (e.key === '+' || e.key === '=')) zoomIn();
+      else if (isImage && e.key === '-') zoomOut();
+      else if (isImage && e.key === '0') setZoom(1);
     },
-    [prev, next, onClose],
+    [prev, next, onClose, isImage, zoomIn, zoomOut, setZoom],
+  );
+  const handleWheel = useCallback(
+    (e: React.WheelEvent) => {
+      if (!isImage) return;
+      if (e.deltaY < 0) zoomIn();
+      else zoomOut();
+    },
+    [isImage, zoomIn, zoomOut],
   );
 
-  const item = items[index];
   if (!item) return null;
 
   const dateStr = new Date(item.ts).toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
@@ -327,6 +371,33 @@ function Lightbox({
             <Text size="T200" style={{ color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.4)', flexShrink: 0 }}>
               {index + 1} / {items.length}
             </Text>
+            {isImage && (
+              <Box shrink="No" alignItems="Center" gap="100" aria-label="Zoom controls">
+                <IconButton
+                  variant="Surface"
+                  size="300"
+                  radii="300"
+                  aria-label="Zoom out"
+                  onClick={zoomOut}
+                  disabled={zoom <= 0.1}
+                >
+                  <Icon size="50" src={Icons.Minus} />
+                </IconButton>
+                <Chip variant="Surface" radii="Pill" onClick={toggleZoom} aria-label="Reset zoom">
+                  <Text size="B300">{Math.round(zoom * 100)}%</Text>
+                </Chip>
+                <IconButton
+                  variant="Surface"
+                  size="300"
+                  radii="300"
+                  aria-label="Zoom in"
+                  onClick={zoomIn}
+                  disabled={zoom >= 5}
+                >
+                  <Icon size="50" src={Icons.Plus} />
+                </IconButton>
+              </Box>
+            )}
             {item.mxcUrl && (
               <TooltipProvider
                 position="Bottom"
@@ -396,6 +467,7 @@ function Lightbox({
             grow="Yes"
             alignItems="Center"
             justifyContent="Center"
+            onWheel={handleWheel}
             style={{ overflow: 'hidden', padding: config.space.S400 }}
           >
             {index > 0 && (
@@ -418,6 +490,11 @@ function Lightbox({
                 key={`${item.mxcUrl}-${item.ts}`}
                 item={item}
                 useAuthentication={useAuthentication}
+                zoom={zoom}
+                pan={pan}
+                cursor={cursor}
+                onMouseDown={onMouseDown}
+                onImageDoubleClick={toggleZoom}
               />
             </Box>
             {index < items.length - 1 && (