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Accessibility Programs and Resources

The Museum is committed to making its collection, buildings, programs, and services accessible to all audiences. Learn more about services and accessibility for visitors with disabilities at The Met Fifth Avenue.

Enjoy works of art through detailed descriptions, touch, and other activities.
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Explore the Museum’s collection and learn innovative drawing techniques through workshops that include experimentation with materials, verbal descriptions, and creative response to works of art.
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Three people draw with graphite on light grey vertical pieces of paper. A man on the left sits while wearing a blue short sleeved button up and glasses as draws at the bottom of his paper. In the middle, another man wears a dark long sleeved plaid shirt with glasses and headphones. He makes large confident marks on his paper. On the right, a woman leans over the table wearing glasses, headphones, and a green patterned top. She confidently draws at the top of her paper.

Seeing Through Making

October 24 11 amThe Met Fifth Avenue
Three people draw with graphite on light grey vertical pieces of paper. A man on the left sits while wearing a blue short sleeved button up and glasses as draws at the bottom of his paper. In the middle, another man wears a dark long sleeved plaid shirt with glasses and headphones. He makes large confident marks on his paper. On the right, a woman leans over the table wearing glasses, headphones, and a green patterned top. She confidently draws at the top of her paper.

Seeing Through Making

November 21 11 amThe Met Fifth Avenue

Explore works of art through engaging conversations in the galleries. In ASL without voice interpretation.
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A Deaf educator stands in front of a Medieval tapestry with his hands up, at about chest height, as he signs. His face is quite serious.

Met Signs Tour—Costume Art

September 18 6 pmThe Met Fifth Avenue
Explore works of art through engaging conversations in the galleries, then continue to the classroom for an art-making activity. In ASL without voice interpretation.
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Take a break from the everyday with discussions about art, art making, and other interactive and multisensory activities.
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A group of visitors sit inside a gallery facing a Met educator who is pointing to a painting out of our view.

Met Escapes—Musical Bodies

September 22 2 pmThe Met Fifth Avenue
A group of visitors sit inside a gallery facing a Met educator who is pointing to a painting out of our view.

Met Escapes

October 20 2 pmThe Met Fifth Avenue
A group of visitors sit inside a gallery facing a Met educator who is pointing to a painting out of our view.

Met Escapes—Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous

November 17 2 pmThe Met Fifth Avenue
Enjoy an afternoon of art with conversations, activities, and refreshments. 
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Two people sit at a table with colorful artmaking materials. The person on the left has her head tilted down and her arm and gaze extended to the woman on the right. The woman on the right looks at us with a big smile across her face while holding up a collage of a bird.

Met Memory Cafe

October 5 2 pmThe Met Fifth Avenue
Two people sit at a table with colorful artmaking materials. The person on the left has her head tilted down and her arm and gaze extended to the woman on the right. The woman on the right looks at us with a big smile across her face while holding up a collage of a bird.

Met Memory Cafe

November 2 2 pmThe Met Fifth Avenue

These tours and workshops welcome kids, teens, and adults with a range of intellectual/developmental disabilities and those on the autism spectrum.
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Two people sit at a studio artmaking table  covered in brown paper with two warped cardboard looms on the table. On the left, a young child with brown hair and a red and navy striped shirt holds a pink straw in his hands as he leans his elbow on the table. Next to him, on the right, sits an adult in a black jacket, wire-framed glasses, and a khaki hat; he sorts through a pile of colorful yarn, pipe cleaners, and straws.

Discoveries (Ages 5–13)—Bring the Beat!

September 13 11 amThe Met Fifth Avenue
Two people sit at a studio artmaking table covered in brown paper with two warped cardboard looms and piles of colorful yarn and pipe cleaners on the table. On the left, an adult with long black hair in a long-sleeve black top works on a warped cardboard loom with the teenager next to her. The teenager sits at the head of the table with short black hair, a khaki shirt, and black pants. Together, the pair works on their loom. In front of them at the table are other materials and blue-color-pencil drawings.

Discoveries (Ages 14–22)—Bring the Beat!

September 13 11 amThe Met Fifth Avenue
Three people sit at a studio artmaking table with two warped cardboard looms and piles of colorful yarn and pipe cleaners. On the left, an adult with short hair wears a pink plaid shirt and black framed glasses. She works on a loom with the young adult next to her, who is wearing a bright pink jacket, circular wire-framed glasses, and her hair in a ponytail. She holds a light pink water bottle. On her other side sits an adult man in a grey vest and maroon shirt who smiles cheerfully at the two women.

Discoveries (Ages 23+)—Bring the Beat!

September 13 2 pmThe Met Fifth Avenue
Two people sit at a studio artmaking table  covered in brown paper with two warped cardboard looms on the table. On the left, a young child with brown hair and a red and navy striped shirt holds a pink straw in his hands as he leans his elbow on the table. Next to him, on the right, sits an adult in a black jacket, wire-framed glasses, and a khaki hat; he sorts through a pile of colorful yarn, pipe cleaners, and straws.

Discoveries (Ages 5–13)—Fabulous Fashion!

October 25 11 amThe Met Fifth Avenue
Two people sit at a studio artmaking table covered in brown paper with two warped cardboard looms and piles of colorful yarn and pipe cleaners on the table. On the left, an adult with long black hair in a long-sleeve black top works on a warped cardboard loom with the teenager next to her. The teenager sits at the head of the table with short black hair, a khaki shirt, and black pants. Together, the pair works on their loom. In front of them at the table are other materials and blue-color-pencil drawings.

Discoveries (Ages 14–22)—Fabulous Fashion!

October 25 11 amThe Met Fifth Avenue
Three people sit at a studio artmaking table with two warped cardboard looms and piles of colorful yarn and pipe cleaners. On the left, an adult with short hair wears a pink plaid shirt and black framed glasses. She works on a loom with the young adult next to her, who is wearing a bright pink jacket, circular wire-framed glasses, and her hair in a ponytail. She holds a light pink water bottle. On her other side sits an adult man in a grey vest and maroon shirt who smiles cheerfully at the two women.

Discoveries (Ages 23+)—Fabulous Fashion!

October 25 2 pmThe Met Fifth Avenue
Two people sit at a studio artmaking table  covered in brown paper with two warped cardboard looms on the table. On the left, a young child with brown hair and a red and navy striped shirt holds a pink straw in his hands as he leans his elbow on the table. Next to him, on the right, sits an adult in a black jacket, wire-framed glasses, and a khaki hat; he sorts through a pile of colorful yarn, pipe cleaners, and straws.

Discoveries (Ages 5–13)—Radical Rendering

November 22 11 amThe Met Fifth Avenue
Two people sit at a studio artmaking table covered in brown paper with two warped cardboard looms and piles of colorful yarn and pipe cleaners on the table. On the left, an adult with long black hair in a long-sleeve black top works on a warped cardboard loom with the teenager next to her. The teenager sits at the head of the table with short black hair, a khaki shirt, and black pants. Together, the pair works on their loom. In front of them at the table are other materials and blue-color-pencil drawings.

Discoveries (Ages 14–22)—Radical Rendering

November 22 11 amThe Met Fifth Avenue
Three people sit at a studio artmaking table with two warped cardboard looms and piles of colorful yarn and pipe cleaners. On the left, an adult with short hair wears a pink plaid shirt and black framed glasses. She works on a loom with the young adult next to her, who is wearing a bright pink jacket, circular wire-framed glasses, and her hair in a ponytail. She holds a light pink water bottle. On her other side sits an adult man in a grey vest and maroon shirt who smiles cheerfully at the two women.

Discoveries (Ages 23+)—Radical Rendering

November 22 2 pmThe Met Fifth Avenue

Access Programs at the Museum are made possible by Mary Jaharis and MetLife Foundation.

Major support is also provided by the Filomen M. D'Agostino Foundation.

Additional support is provided by the Estate of Doris Alperdt, Mellon Foundation, an Anonymous Foundation, The Moody Endowment, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust, Allene Reuss Memorial Trust, Jane B. Wachsler, The J.M. Foundation, William G. and Helen C. Hoffman Foundation, and The Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust.