September 2019
Tenement Museum ASL Shop Life Tour
Free
A Deaf educator will lead tours, with no spoken English translation. Each tour is an hour-and-a-half long, followed by a reception featuring local Lower East Side foods. Shop Life Ground Floor | Wheelchair Accessible | Recommended Ages 8 and up. Immigrant-owned small businesses are often…
Find out more »Mind’s Eye Programs for People Who Blind or Have Low Vision
Free
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…
Find out more »AileyDance for Caregivers
Free
CaringKind continues its partnership with Ailey Arts In Education at New Settlement Community Center to offer dance workshops for caregivers of people with dementia. Join us for a unique opportunity to experience the joy, contagious energy, and excitement of dance! This evening workshop may be…
Find out more »Docent Led Tactile Tour
Free
Join NYPL docents on a verbally descriptive and tactile tour of the historic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building designed for visually impaired patrons. Our docents will guide you through the building and discuss the history of the library and its architecture, encouraging you to touch unusual decorative…
Find out more »Docent Led Tactile Tour
Free
Join NYPL docents on a verbally descriptive and tactile tour of the historic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building designed for visually impaired patrons. Our docents will guide you through the building and discuss the history of the library and its architecture, encouraging you to touch unusual decorative…
Find out more »Verbal Description and Touch Tour: Whitney Biennial 2019
Free
Floor 6 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…
Find out more »Mindful Connections at The Rubin Museum of Art
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.…
Find out more »MORNING AT THE MUSEUM
Participants will use a range of materials to create a palette for an interior space with guest designer Carnegie Fabrics. 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…
Find out more »Family Fun: For Families with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Free
Floor 3, Hearst Artspace 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…
Find out more »Met Signs in the Studio in ASL – Still Life
Free
Be inspired by The Met collection and exhibitions at this workshop that includes a discussion in the galleries followed by an art-making activity in the studio. In ASL without voice interpretation. Free; reservations are required. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org. In American Sign Language only, without…
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