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Museums, Parks, and Tours

This page lists museums, parks, and tours that have a history of providing audio description for exhibits and/or brochures. Browse by state to find accessible art and information near you. It’s always a good idea to contact the venue before a visit to confirm availability of audio description and other accessibility options; some museums require advanced booking for audio described tours.

Alabama

Birmingham Museum of Art Phone: 205-254-2964

McWane Science Center, Birmingham. Phone: 205-714-8300

US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville. Phone: 256 837-3400

Arkansas

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

California

Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure; access the Disneyland Services for Guests with Visual Disabilities page

The Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Phone: 323-857-6109

The Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco. Phone: 415-561-4700; access the visitor’s guide to accessibility for details on specific sites

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Phone: 415-447-5000

Yosemite National Park; access the Yosemite Park App

Colorado

U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs

Connecticut

CRIS Radio (Connecticut Radio Information System) uses QR codes to link museum visitors to audio versions of signs and information posted in the following museums:

District of Columbia (Washington, DC)

George Washington Memorial Parkway

International Spy Museum

Library of Congress National Gallery of Art, The tours last about an hour.

Smithsonian Institution; contact individual museums to confirm availability of AD
American Art Museum: docent-led tours for visitors who are blind or have low vision
Museum of American History: list of visual descriptions
Museum of Natural History: online tours available
National Gallery of Art: Verbal Description Tour, East Building
National Museum of the America Latino: sample online description
National Portrait Gallery: Phone: 202.633.8506; request a tour by emailing NPGAccess@si.edu. Listen to prerecorded audio descriptions of selected works or download an app to listen to descriptions.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; access the Audio Tour of the Museum’s Hall of Witness and Hall of Remembrance

White House

Florida

Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom); Disney World Services for Guests with Visual Disabilities

The Holy Land Experience, Orlando

The Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg

Hawaii

Pearl Harbor National Memorial

Illinois

Audio Description Illinois (audio description of digital images for libraries in the Alliance Library System)

Art Institute of Chicago

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Indiana

Indiana State Museum, White River State Park, Indianapolis; Learn about the museum’s app

Kansas

The Dole Institute of Politics, Lawrence

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Kentucky

Ark Encounter, Williamstown

Creation Museum, Petersburg

Massachusetts

Mass Audubon

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Old Sturbridge Village

Michigan

The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Dearborn

Minnesota

Bell Museum, University of Minnesota in St. Paul. Phone: 612-626-9660; email: bellinfo@umn.edu

For a complete list of current audio described events (both theatre and museums), consult the Minnesota Accessible Activities Calendar.

Missouri

St. Louis Zoo

Nevada

The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, Las Vegas

New Mexico

Albuquerque Museum of Art and History

New York

African Burial Ground, New York City

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

American Folk Art Museum, New York City

American Museum of Natural History, New York City

Brooklyn Museum

The Cloisters (a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York City

Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park

Guggenheim Museum, New York City

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York City

Jewish Museum, New York City

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Morgan Library & Museum, New York City

Museum of Arts and Design, New York City

Museum of Jewish Heritage (A Living Memorial to the Holocaust), New York City

Museum of Modern Art, New York City

National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York City

Noguchi Museum, Long Island City

Poster House, New York City

Queens Museum

Statue of Liberty

Tenement Museum, New York City

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City

North Carolina

Arts Access

Cary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition

The Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh

Durham Audio Described Art (DADA) Project

Greater Raleigh Sculptures

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

North Dakota

Scandinavian Heritage Park and Museum, Minot; Phone: 701-852-9261

Ohio

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ohio Craft Museum

Riffe Gallery

Oregon

Portland Art Museum, Phone: 503-276-4284; email: access@pam.org

Pennsylvania

Franklin Institute, Philadelphia

Lehigh University Art Galleries; audio description of works online

Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Warhol, Pittsburgh

South Carolina

Cowpens National Battlefield, Gaffney

Tennessee

Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville

The Hermitage, Nashville

Texas

Holocaust Museum Houston

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

The Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas

Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas

Space Center Houston

Washington (state)

Bellevue Art Museum

Museum of Flight, Seattle

Pacific Science Center, Seattle

Seattle Art Museum

Wisconsin

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau