Visitors with Disabilities

All visitors are welcome to experience and enjoy the Museum’s collection, exhibitions, and programs. To learn more about our free Access Programs for visitors who are blind or have low vision, who are deaf, who have memory loss, or who have learning or developmental disabilities, please see below. For more information on our Access Services for gallery talks, lectures, and other public programs, including assistive listening devices and hearing loops for individuals with hearing loss, please visit the Accessibility section of our website.

The Jewish Museum is wheelchair accessible, and service animals are welcome.

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Visitors Who Are Deaf

ASL Programs

American Sign Language (ASL) programs are offered for visitors in the ASL community. A sign language interpreter is also available for most Public Programs upon request at least four weeks in advance.

All Access Programs are free of charge and require advance reservation. Please contact access@thejm.org or 212.423.3289 for any questions or to request accommodations. 

ASL Tours are generously supported by the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

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Visitors Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision

Verbal Description Tours

Multisensory experiences and verbal descriptions bring the Museum’s exhibitions to life for people who are blind or have low vision. Tours may include raised drawings, touch objects, or other multisensory tools.

All Access Programs are free of charge and require advance reservation. Please contact access@thejm.org or 212.423.3289 for any questions or to request accommodations. 

Verbal Description Tours are generously supported by the Sarah K. de Coizart Article TENTH Perpetual Charitable Trust, the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

  

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Visitors with Memory Loss and Their Caregivers

JM Journeys

Visitors with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias and their care partners are invited to make personal connections with original works of art through discussion, art making, and multisensory activities facilitated by educators in the galleries and art studio.

Caregivers Program

The Jewish Museum invites caregivers of those living with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias to a brand new program designed for connection, relaxation, and respite.

All Access Programs are free of charge and require advance reservation. Please contact access@thejm.org or 212.423.3289 for any questions or to request accommodations. 

JM Journeys is made possible by the Mellon Foundation, Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc., The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Sephardic Foundation on Aging, The Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation, the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation, and Jewish Community Youth Foundation Princeton Mercer Bucks students.

The Jewish Museum’s Caregiver Programs are made possible by the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc., Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Sephardic Foundation on Aging, and J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation.

Additional support is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

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Visitors with Learning or Developmental Disabilities

Access Family Workshops

Examine art, then create a work of your own in these programs for children and adults who have developmental or learning disabilities. Workshops include gallery activities and an art project.

All Access Programs are free of charge and require advance reservation. Please contact access@thejm.org or 212.423.3289 for any questions or to request accommodations. 

Access Family Workshops are made possible by the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

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Access

Virtual Access Family Workshop

Sun, Jan 19 | 2 pm

Participants with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their families are invited to join us for a virtual multi-sensory experience exploring the current exhibition Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston. In this program, we’ll explore the colorful, cartoonish, and political paintings by these two artists, and then create our own art in response. This program is recommended for ages 12 and up.

Access Partnerships

Engaging programs for children and adults with disabilities

For more information and inquiries about Access partnerships, please contact access@thejm.org.

Access School Programs are made possible by the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust, the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with Council Member Kevin Riley, Council Member Marjorie Velazquez, and the City Council.