For kids with learning and developmental disabilities and those on the autism spectrum. Join us for an in-person workshop to talk about and make art! Free, though advance registration is required. Space is limited. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art.
Rise and shine then come to the New York Transit Museum for a fun morning with the whole family! Children with disabilities and their families can come to the Museum an hour before it opens to the public. Free admission, fun activities about transit, and...
Cooper Hewitt offers a free program for individuals with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and their care partners to experience and discuss design objects and exhibitions in a small group. Led by museum educators, these dialogues provide a social environment for exploring design objects and stories and participate...
This interactive and discussion-based program for individuals with Alzheimer’s and their family members or care partners brings the world of folk art to life through conversation. Museum admission and program are free. Registration is required. Stools are provided. Info/registration: 212. 595. 9533, ext. 381 Accessibility The...
Join us at the Long Island Museum at our upcoming 4th Annual Arts and Alzheimer's conference. This is a FREE daylong conference that will feature highly recognized speakers in the field who will discuss the social connections and engaging collaborative art programs available on Long...
Last Stop on Market Street is a hip-hoppin’, heart-thumpin’, toe-tappin’ musical joy ride about finding beauty in everyday city life based on the multi award-winning picture book of the same name! Young CJ is reluctantly staying with his Nana, in a world considerably different from the one he’s used to. Guided by...
Morning at the Museum is a Smithsonian program that provides access to a museum for individuals with cognitive and sensory processing disabilities. This program provides early entrance, pre-visit materials for participating families, a gallery scavenger hunt, design activities, and a “take a break” space. During this...
Join Museum educators for an hour-long guided session, before the Museum opens to the rest of the public. We will visit the galleries and do a hands-on activity, with light breakfast and coffee for parents. This program is offered to families with children on the autism...
For kids ages 6 and up. The Whitney invites families with kids on the autism spectrum to join us for a sensory-friendly guided tour. Bring your kids to explore the Museum before the galleries open to the general public, and create your own art in...
The Intrepid Museum offers monthly programs for children (ages 5-17) with learning and developmental disabilities. Similar family programs for teens (15+) and adults with developmental disabilities are offered six times a year. These two-hour programs take place on select Sundays during regular Museum hours. Families...
The Intrepid Museum offers Sensory Friendly Evenings for teens (14+) and adults with autism. Explore the Intrepid Museum after hours during a fun sensory-friendly evening with friends and family. The hangar deck of the historic aircraft carrier will be open. Free with advance registration.
Find out why Intrepid was a “city at sea” and learn about different jobs aboard the ship! Visit spaces where sailors lived and worked, then participate in activities inspired by their stories. The Intrepid Museum offers Early Morning Openings and Sensory Friendly Evenings for individuals...
Join a New Museum docent and an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a one-hour tour of our current exhibitions. Following the tour, participants are invited to join us for light refreshments. The tour is free with preregistration and includes museum admission.Please preregister here. Priority will...
Explore Brooklyn Botanic Garden's spectacular spring displays. Connect with nature and enjoy a special sensory experience of the many special plants we all enjoy. A 90 minute program with a hands-on activity specially created for visitors with dementia and their caregivers.
Explore the former aircraft carrier Intrepid and learn how it has been maintained and restored over the years. Meet an aircraft restoration specialist and learn about the tools used to keep the Museum’s collection in ship shape. The Intrepid Museum offers Stories Within for individuals...
Mindful Connections is a free tour program for people with dementia and their caregivers. Every month trained guides facilitate a gallery experience designed to promote engagement with works of art and other participants.This program meets on the third Friday of every month at 2:00 PM....
Monthly Mind’s Eye tours and workshops for visitors who are blind or have low vision are conducted by arts and education professionals through verbal description, conversation, sensory experiences, and creative practice. Mind’s Eye tours are free with an RSVP required one week before the program...
Participate in discussions, art making, and other interactive and multisensory activities in the galleries and the classroom. Free; reservations are required. Contact access@metmuseum.org or 212-650-2010. Meet at The Met Fifth Avenue in the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education, ground floor, unless otherwise...
Explore the Museum's historic rooms and its collection and reflect on this month's special theme: Kitchen Chores & Soap-Making. Connections between life today and life in the 19th-century are nurtured through conversation and a handicraft workshop.
Whitney Verbal Description and Touch tours provide an opportunity for visitors who are blind or have low vision and their companions to experience the richness and diversity of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art through vivid description and tactile opportunities. Ninety-minute tours are free-of-charge and are...
Verbal imaging and touch tours of the Morgan's permanent collection are available for visitors who are blind or partially sighted. These tours for adults are free. Reservation is required. Please call: 212.685.0008 ext. 560 or e-mail tours@themorgan.org
Presented by Emmanuel Von Schack in ASL without voice interpretation. Free with Museum admission; no reservations required. Meet at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio.
Join us for these workshops for adults and children with disabilities, together with friends and family members. Explore the day’s theme with a gallery tour and an art activity. These workshops support development of social and life skills, such as communication and independent living skills....
Join us for these workshops for adults and children with disabilities, together with friends and family members. Explore the day’s theme with a gallery tour and an art activity. These workshops support development of social and life skills, such as communication and independent living skills....
The Folk Art Reflections: Music Series offers free live music programs that are designed for adults living with memory loss, their families and care partners. These special performances will take place at the museum before public hours, so the music and art can be enjoyed...
An Educator will lead a tour which will be remotely transcribed in real time by a CART captioner. The captions will be accessed via visitors’ smart phones. The Museum will provide a few devices to borrow. Each tour is an hour and a half long,...
Germany, 1941. Who decides if a child lives? A terrible crime is taking place in a German clinic for disabled children. The perpetrators argue that it will help struggling parents and lift the financial burden on the mighty Third Reich. One brave voice is raised in...
Join us for a tour of Spilling Over: Painting Color in the 1960sled by an expert Deaf educator. The tour begins at 5 pm, with a pre-tour wine and cheese reception from 4–5 pm in the Laurie M. Tisch Education Center. This tour will not have...