Senior Programs

We partner with community-based senior organizations to create customized programs that challenge seniors to actively engage with the Whitney’s collection and exhibitions, share ideas, and relate what they learn to their own lives and experiences.

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Docent Jan Weiss leads a tour during Senior Open Access Day. Photograph by Tiffany Oelfke

The Whitney’s Open Access Days provide guided tours and access to the Museum on a day when the Whitney is closed to the public.

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A senior participates in a teleconference course. Photograph by Tiffany Oelfke

Extending the Whitney walls to homebound seniors, the Museum’s Teleconference Courses are an illustrated, multi-part lecture series organized through Meals on Wheels.

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A senior participates in an abstract art-making workshop. Photograph by Tiffany Oelfke

From interactive slide-based lectures to studio art courses, the Whitney’s center-based programs offer inroads to the diversity and richness of American art and culture.