February 2019
Morning at the Museum
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. This…
Find out more »Family Saturdays – A Timeless Tale: The Sleeping Beauty
$22 – $32
Join us for these exciting one-hour interactive presentations featuring excerpts from New York City Ballet’s diverse repertory performed by Company dancers and members of the NYCB Orchestra. Daniel Ulbricht, Principal Dancer and Family Saturdays Creative Director, hosts the programs, offering insight on choreography, music, and…
Find out more »Audio Described Performance: By The Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage
$35
It’s the Golden Age of Hollywood, and aspiring starlet Vera Stark works as a maid to Gloria Mitchell, an aging star grasping at her fading career. Worlds collide when Vera lands a trailblazing role in an antebellum epic starring…her boss. While Vera’s portrayal of a…
Find out more »Access Family Workshop: Scenes from the Collection
Visitors with learning or developmental disabilities are invited to explore the exhibition Scenes from the Collection and create art inspired by the work on view. We have two programs during the day: Visitors ages 18+: 10:30 – 12:30 Visitors ages 5 – 17: 2:00 – 4:00 All…
Find out more »Discoveries – Darkness and Light (Ages 5-17)
Join us for these workshops for adults and children with disabilities, together with friends and family members. Explore the day’s theme on a gallery tour followed by an art activity in the studio. These workshops support development of social and life skills, such as communication…
Find out more »Discoveries – Darkness and Light (Ages 18+)
Join us for these workshops for adults and children with disabilities, together with friends and family members. Explore the day’s theme on a gallery tour followed by an art activity in the studio. These workshops support development of social and life skills, such as communication…
Find out more »Met Escapes—Gallery Tour
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.
Find out more »THE LIGHT – Open Caption performance at MCC
by LOY A. WEBB directed by LOGAN VAUGHN Not every marriage proposal goes as planned. LOY A. WEBB’s THE LIGHT introduces us to RASHAD and GENESIS on what should be one of the happiest days of their lives, but their joy quickly unravels when ground-shifting…
Find out more »March 2019
Verbal Description + Sensory Tour: Significant Women in Design
Dynamic verbal description tours of exhibitions are offered the first Friday of every month at 1:30 p.m. Join a Cooper Hewitt educator in conversation and explore a selection of objects through detailed verbal description and touch. This program is intended for visitors who are blind…
Find out more »Exhibition Tours – Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection
Free
For visitors who are blind or partially sighted. Join Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge, American Wing, and Access educators for a descriptive tour.
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