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Social Narrative for Independent Visitors to the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum

We are going to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The museum is an aircraft carrier that floats in the Hudson River.
The ship is on West 46th Street & 12th Avenue. When we arrive, we will see busy roads for cars and bikes.
A Security Guard will ask us to walk through a metal detector. The metal detector may beep when we walk through, and then we’ll have to try again.
Next, we will wait in line to buy our tickets before going into the Museum.
We will use the stairs or elevator to go up to the Hangar Deck or to the Flight Deck.
We will walk across a gangway that looks like a metal bridge. It connects the stairs and elevator to the ship.
We can ask questions at the Information Desk, located on the Hangar Deck. (2nd Level)
For suggestions about where to go, get a map at the Information Desk.
People who work at the museum can help us. Security guards wear white shirts with a badge. We can also ask people who wear orange, yellow, black and red Intrepid Museum shirts.
When we are in the Museum, there are some things we can touch and some things we cannot. Signs and stanchions protect the aircraft.
There is a lot we can do and see. We can see airplanes and helicopters on top of and inside the ship.
We can find places on Intrepid where sailors worked, ate food, and slept.
We can play in the interactive Exploreum.
Some parts of the museum may be noisy and crowded, and other parts may be quiet.
There is a movie that recreates a kamikaze attack on the ship. It is very loud and has flashing lights. I can cover my ears if I walk past it.
If we get hungry, we can go to the Mess Deck to buy food or eat the food we brought.
We can learn about space exploration in the Space Shuttle Pavilion. We need an extra ticket to go inside.
If there are some things we did not see, we can come back another time, or we can look online.

Courtesy of the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum