April 2019
Arts & Minds en Español at The Met
Free
Explore art and creativity through engaging gallery conversations followed by hands-on art-making activities in these Spanish-language programs for people with dementia and their care partners. Programs take place at The Met on the third Thursday of each month. Free; reservations are required. Call 646-755-3726.
Find out more »Stories Within- Restoration
Free
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…
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 »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 »Brooklyn Afternoons
Tuesday afternoon 2–3:30 pm Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor Individuals with memory loss and their care partners are invited to experience our collection together when our galleries are closed to the public. Each program offers an opportunity to enjoy conversation, works of art,…
Find out more »Met Escapes – Gallery Tour
Free
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…
Find out more »Hand-in-Hand
Free
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.
Find out more »Verbal Description and Touch Tour: Spilling Over: Painting Color in the 1960s
Free
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…
Find out more »Exhibition Tour—The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated
Free
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.
Find out more »LOOK, MAKE, SIGN
Free
CMA’s LOOK, MAKE, SIGN tours provide a free opportunity for the Deaf community to explore CMA. Teaching Artist and American Sign Language Interpreter (ASL) will facilitate inquiry-based discussion and activities in the gallery. Families will tour museum studios and explore art-making workshops. At the heart…
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