[CT-NFB] accessible tours in D.C.

[Marchele]

Thanks so much! Marchele

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> On Nov 6, 2019, at 7:15 PM, Elizabeth Rival via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Tours that are accessible for blind people in D.C.
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> Below is a list, courtesy of ACB's Audio Description Project. Please share.
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> The International Spy Museum
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> http://www.spymuseum.org/
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> The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (aka The Kennedy Center)
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> http://www.kennedy-center.org/
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> will provide audio description for most of its performances if requested at least three weeks in advance.
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> The National Gallery of Art
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> http://www.nga.gov/
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> Audio tours providing vivid descriptions of works of art are conducted by Picture This on the fourth Wednesdays and Saturdays of each month starting at 1:00 PM in the rotunda of the gallery's West Building. The tours last about an hour.
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> The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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> https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/museum-accessibility
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> will provide a special guided tour for blind and visually impaired visitors upon request. You can download the Audio Tour of the Museum's Hall of Witness and Hall of Remembrance at https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/museum-accessibility/audio-tour-of-the-museums-hall-of-witness-and-hall-of-remembrance in advance for your own device, or ask to borrow one at the museum. [Updated] Dec '16
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> The Smithsonian
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> http://www.si.edu/
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> museums have limited audio description available in the form of information specialists and docents. Ask at the information desk. Films have description, but you need to request earphones.
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> Specific museum accessible information call-in numbers follow:
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> African Arts: 202.633.4600
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> Air and Space Museum - Both Locations: 202.633.1000 (Request 3 weeks in advance)
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> Anacostia Museum: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)
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> Arts and Industry: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)
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> Freer Gallery: 202.633.4880
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> Hirshhorn Museum: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)
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> Museum of American History: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)
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> Museum of Natural History: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)
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> National Museum of the American Indian: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)
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> National Portrait Gallery: 202.633.8300
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> (Portrait Insight Tours every second Thursday at noon: verbal descriptions and tactile objects; Access Programs Page<http://npg.si.edu/learn/access-programs)
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> National Postal Museum: 202.633.2991
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> National Zoo: 202.633.2922
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> Sackler Gallery: 202.633.4800
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> Smithsonian Castle: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)
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> The George Washington Memorial Parkway<http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm has wayside signs with tactile elements and some audio components. If you wish to experience a tour with audio components, contact the park ahead of time.
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> The White House<http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/tours-and-events offers an audio tour, which features welcoming remarks from Mrs. Obama followed by a room-by-room audio description of the highlights and features of the White House. The audio tour must be requested at the time the tour reservation is made through a member of Congress, at least 21 days in advance.
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> Read the Press Release<http://www.acb.org/adp/docs/AD-ACB-ADP%20White%20House%20press%20release.doc!
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