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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tours that are accessible for blind people in D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Below is a list, courtesy of ACB's Audio Description Project. Please share.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The International Spy Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.spymuseum.org/">http://www.spymuseum.org/</a></span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>offers an audio-described tour.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (aka The Kennedy Center)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.kennedy-center.org/">http://www.kennedy-center.org/</a></span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>will provide audio description for most of its performances if requested at least three weeks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Gallery of Art<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.nga.gov/">http://www.nga.gov/</a></span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/museum-accessibility">https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/museum-accessibility</a></span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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 <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/museum-accessibility/audio-tour-of-the-museums-hall-of-witness-and-hall-of-remembrance">https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/museum-accessibility/audio-tour-of-the-museums-hall-of-witness-and-hall-of-remembrance</a></span> in advance for your own device, or ask to borrow one at the museum. [Updated] Dec '16<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Smithsonian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.si.edu/">http://www.si.edu/</a></span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Specific museum accessible information call-in numbers follow:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>African Arts: 202.633.4600<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Air and Space Museum - Both Locations: 202.633.1000 (Request 3 weeks in advance)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Anacostia Museum: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Arts and Industry: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Freer Gallery: 202.633.4880<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hirshhorn Museum: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Museum of American History: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Museum of Natural History: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Museum of the American Indian: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Portrait Gallery: 202.633.8300<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(Portrait Insight Tours every second Thursday at noon: verbal descriptions and tactile objects; Access Programs Page<http://npg.si.edu/learn/access-programs)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Postal Museum: 202.633.2991<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Zoo: 202.633.2922<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sackler Gallery: 202.633.4800<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Smithsonian Castle: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Read the Press Release<http://www.acb.org/adp/docs/AD-ACB-ADP%20White%20House%20press%20release.doc!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>