[blindkid] Fw: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Touch and Verbal Description Tours at theMount Vernon Hotel Museum

[Robert Jaquiss]

Hello:

     If anyone is going to New York, this may be of interest.

Regards,

Robert Jaquiss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deborah O'Neill" <d.oneill at mvhm.org>
To: <Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:37 PM
Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Touch and Verbal Description Tours at 
theMount Vernon Hotel Museum


> The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum is pleased to offered Touch Collection  and 
> Verbal Description Tours of its eight beautifully furnished period  rooms. 
> We would like to know if this information can be posted on  your events 
> page or  if you could please give us listing under museum  offerings.
>
> The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum is a historic house located on East 61 
> Street in Manhattan that has programs for visitors of all ages.  The 
> museum transports visitors back to the time when our 1799 building was 
> the Mount Vernon Hotel.  Objects from the Museum handling collection  will 
> be available for children to explore when the hotel was a country  retreat 
> and most New Yorkers lived south of 14th Street.  The museum  features 8 
> period rooms furnished with beautiful artifacts from the  early 1800s. 
> Using sighted guided techniques, our staff and docents  will lead your 
> clients on an exploration of life long ago through an  examination of our 
> touch collection objects and a detailed verbal  description of our lovely 
> furnishings.
>
> For more information, call 212 838-6878, ext. 26.  To learn more about 
> the museum, please visit our website at www.mvhm.org.
>
> If you have any questions, please let me know.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Deborah O'Neill
> Director of Education
> Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
> 421 East 61st Street
> New York, NY  10065
> (212) 838-6878
> www.mvhm.org
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