[NFBWATLK] accessible tours of Washington DC

[Becky Frankeberger]

JUST in case you know someone who might want to visit our nation's capital.


Becky  

Tours that are accessible for blind people in D.C.

Below is a list  Please share.

 

The International Spy Museum

http://www.spymuseum.org/ 

offers an audio-described tour.

 

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (aka The Kennedy Center)

http://www.kennedy-center.org/

will provide audio description for most of its performances if requested at
least three weeks in advance.

 

The National Gallery of Art

http://www.nga.gov/

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.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/museum-accessibility

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/audi
o-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

 

The Smithsonian

http://www.si.edu/

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.

Specific museum accessible information call-in numbers follow:

 

African Arts: 202.633.4600

 

Air and Space Museum - Both Locations: 202.633.1000 (Request 3 weeks in
advance)

 

Anacostia Museum: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)

 

Arts and Industry: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)

 

Freer Gallery: 202.633.4880

 

Hirshhorn Museum: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)

 

Museum of American History: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)

 

Museum of Natural History: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)

 

National Museum of the American Indian: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)

 

National Portrait Gallery: 202.633.8300

(Portrait Insight Tours every second Thursday at noon: verbal descriptions
and tactile objects; Access Programs
Page<http://npg.si.edu/learn/access-programs)

 

National Postal Museum: 202.633.2991

 

National Zoo: 202.633.2922

 

Sackler Gallery: 202.633.4800

 

Smithsonian Castle: 202.633.1000 (follow the prompts)

 

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.

 

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.

Read the Press
Release<http://www.acb.org/adp/docs/AD-ACB-ADP%20White%20House%20press%20rel
ease.doc!

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