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Access

Make The Met yours! Choose from a variety of services and exciting programs that are tailored to meet the needs of visitors with disabilities. Program times, audiences, and topics vary.

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Find up-to-date program listings, including events for visitors with disabilities, on our online calendar, or call 212-650-2010 or email access@metmuseum.org.

For Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted

Take part in verbal imaging and touch tours as well as art workshops for kids, teens, and adults.

For Visitors with Developmental and Learning Disabilities and Those on the Autism Spectrum

Learn about workshops that welcome kids and adults with a range of abilities and learning styles, together with family and friends.

For Visitors with Dementia and Their Care Partners

Join specially designed gallery and classroom art programs and become part of a community.

For Visitors Who Are Deaf

Find out about programs in American Sign Language, with Sign Language interpretation, and with real-time captioning.

For Visitors with Hearing Loss

Learn about programs with assistive listening devices and real-time captioning.
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Upcoming Events

MetTours

Met Expert Talks—The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism

Gallery 999, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall
Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required.
Thursday, April 25
3:00 p.m.
MetTours

Met Expert Talks at The Met Cloisters—Rebirth and Renewal

Main Hall
Free with Museum admission
Friday, April 26
3:00 p.m.
MetTours

Met Escapes—Islamic Art

Art Study Room, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
Free, though advance registration is required.
Sunday, April 28
11:00 a.m.
MetCreates

Open Studio at The Met Cloisters

Main Hall
Free with Museum admission; admission is free for children under 12 with an adult.
Sunday, April 28
1:00 p.m.

Contact Us

The Museum welcomes comments and suggestions about how we might continue to improve our programs for visitors with disabilities. Please call 212-650-2010, email us, or write to us at:

Access and Community Programs
Education Department
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028-0198

Program Support

Access Programs at the Museum are made possible by
MetLife Foundation

Generous support is also provided by the Filomen M. D'Agostino Foundation.

Additional support is provided by Estate of Doris Alperdt, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Ceil & Michael E. Pulitzer Foundation, Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust, Allene Reuss Memorial Trust, Jane B. Wachsler, The J.M. Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Philip Elenko, and The Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust.