Whitney Museum of American Art: Information for visitorswho are blindor partially sighted

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Large print labels and brochures for exhibitions are available at the Access Services Desk in the Museum lobby.

Braille

Please contact us at accessfeedback@whitney.org or
(212) 570-7789 to request publications in Braille.

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Verbal Description and Touch Tours

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 verbal description and tactile opportunities.

These engaging, ninety minute-long tours are free-of-charge and are offered each month when the Museum is closed to the general public. Verbal description tours are also available by request with three weeks advance notice. To place a request, please contact accessfeedback@whitney.org or (212) 570-7789.

Visitors explore the work of artist George Segal during a verbal description and touch tour of Singular Visions. Photograph by Matt Ducklo, 2011.

Visitors explore the work of artist George Segal during a verbal description and touch tour of Singular Visions, 2011. Photograph by Matt Ducklo

Accessible Public Transportation Directions to the Museum

Metropolitan Transit Authority buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts. The M1, M2, M3, and M4 buses stop on Madison Avenue between 74th and 75th Streets going uptown, and on Fifth Avenue between 74th and 75th Streets going downtown. For more information about public transit accessibility, please visit mta.info.