Local Disability-Inclusive Programs
Important Note: Accessibility features, disability-specific programming, and admission policies may change over time. For the most up-to-date information on access services, programming, and pricing, please contact each institution directly or visit their official website.
Museum, Arts, and Culture Access Consortium (MAC) MAC offers a community calendar featuring disability-specific programs and accessible events across NYC's cultural institutions.
Inclusive Programs By Borough
Manhattan
Many cultural institutions in Manhattan offer disability-specific programming, including major museums, theaters, and cultural centers like MoMA, the American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center, the Whitney, and the Guggenheim. Visit their websites for details.
American Folk Art Museum
Contact:
- info@folkartmuseum.org
- 212-595-9533 x381
Free Admission
Offers programs for visitors who are blind or have low vision, are deaf or hard of hearing, and those with memory loss.
American Museum of Natural History
Contact:
- accessibility@amnh.org
- 212-769-5250
Free for caregivers; NYC resident/pay what you wish pricing options.
Provides programs specifically designed for neurodiverse children.
Artechouse
Contact:
- feedback@artechouse.com
- 646-559-1866
Discount for NY, NJ, CT residents.
Programming for guests who are neurodiverse.
Asia Society
Contact:
- info@asiasociety.org
- 212-288-6400
Free for visitors with disabilities and their caregivers
The Brant Foundation
Contact:
- infonyc@brantfoundation.org
- 212-777-2297
Free +3 guests with SNAP. Discount for visitors with disabilities. Free for caregivers
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
Contact:
- info@cccadi.org
- 212-307-7420
Carnegie Hall
Contact:
- feedback@carnegiehall.org
- 212-903-9605
Not all locations are fully accessible
Center for Architecture
Contact:
- info@aiany.org
- 212-683-0023
Free admission to the galleries.
Center for Jewish History
Contact:
- inquiries@cjh.org
- 212-294-8301
Programming for guests who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Central Park Conservancy
Contact:
- programs@centralparknyc.org
- 212-310-6600
Programming available for guests with limited mobility
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
Contact:
- info@cmom.org
- 212-721-1223
Accepts SNAP. Discount for visitors with disabilities. Free for caregivers.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Contact:
- chaccess@si.edu
- 212-849-2950
Accepts SNAP; Discount for visitors with disabilities; free for caregivers. Programming for guests who are blind/low vision and deaf/hard of hearing and neurodiverse.
Accessibility Programs
The Drawing Center
Contact:
- info@drawingcenter.org
- 212-219-2166
Free admission. About
The Drawing Center: Mission & History
EFA Studios
Contact:
- projectspace@efanyc.org
- 212-563-5855 x244
Programming for guests who are deaf/hard of hearing.
El Museo del Barrio
Fraunces Tavern Museum
Contact:
- info@frauncestavernmuseum.org
- 212-425-1778
Free with SNAP; discount for visitors with disabilities; free for caregivers.
Frick Madison
Contact:
- accessibility@frick.org
- 212-288-0700
Programming for guests who are blind/low vision and deaf/hard of hearing.
The High Line
The Hispanic Museum and Library
Contact:
- info@hispanicsociety.org
- 212-926-2234
Free Admission
International Center of Photography
Contact:
- info@icp.org
- 212-857-0000
Accepts SNAP; discount for visitors with disabilities; free for caregivers. Programming for guests who are deaf/hard of hearing.
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
Contact:
- access@intrepidmuseum.org
- 212-245-0072
Accepts SNAP; Free for caregivers
Programming for visitors who have memory loss and are blind/low vision, deaf/hard of hearing and neurodiverse
Visitors With Disabilities | Museum Program
Jackie Robinson Museum
Contact:
- general@jackierobinson.org
- 866-454-3772
Discounts for visitors with disabilities; free for caregivers
Japan Society
Contact:
- boxoffice@japansociety.org
- 212-715-1258
Free admission for guests with disabilities, free for caregivers; Accepts SNAP; discounts on ticketed programs.
The Jewish Museum
Contact:
- info@thejm.org
- 212-423-3200 x0
Free with SNAP; free for guests with disabilities; free for caregivers
Lincoln Center
Contact:
- access@lincolncenter.org
- 212-875-5275
Programming for guests who are blind/low vision, deaf/hard of hearing and neurodiverse. Access Events Calendar
Lincoln Center
Little Island
Contact:
- info@littleisland.org
- 929-299-7633
Programming for guests who are deaf/hard of hearing.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contact:
- access@metmuseum.org
- 212-650-2010
Accepts SNAP; discount for visitors with disabilities; free admission for caretakers. Programming for guests who have memory loss and are blind/low vision, deaf/hard of hearing and neurodiverse
Accessibility at The Met - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met Cloisters
Contact:
- access@metmuseum.org
- 212-923-3700
Calendar for Access events The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accepts SNAP; Discount for visitors with disabilities; free admission for caretakers
The Morgan Library & Museum
Contact:
- visitorservices@themorgan.org
- 212-685-0008 x562
Accepts SNAP; discounts for guests with disabilities; free for caregivers. Programming for guests with disabilities.
