Join us for a day of events at The Museum of Modern Art to commemorate over 50 years of touch tours at MoMA! We will also be celebrating the 20th anniversary of Art inSight, MoMA’s public program for visitors who are blind or have low vision.
Bring your friends and family to explore the galleries together any time between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Discover artworks in our collection through touch, participate in guided verbal description tours, enjoy art making, and learn about MoMA’s new recorded audio descriptions.
Then, at 3:00 p.m., watch a screening of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, with open audio description.
This program is for visitors who are blind or have low vision and their guests. Admission is free, and preregistration is recommended.
Schedule
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Drop-in Touch Experiences in the Galleries
Galleries 405, 505, 506, and 513
Stop by these galleries for a chance to explore sculptures from MoMA’s collection through touch. Please do not touch any artworks without a MoMA staff member and gloves.
11:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:45 p.m.
A Taste of Art inSight Tours
Meet in the Lauder Building lobby
Explore a single gallery or a few works of art on a 45-minute verbal description tour. Meet near the check-in table in the Lauder Building lobby 10 minutes before tour start time. Assistive listening devices will be provided.
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and 1:30–3:00 p.m.
Introduction to Bloomberg Connects App and Verbal Description Audio Tour
The Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin Lounge
Get an introduction to the free Bloomberg Connects app and learn about all its features in the Hess Lounge, located on Floor 1 near the check-in table. Then explore over 20 artworks now on view, through detailed verbal descriptions, at your own pace.
1:00–3:00 p.m.
Drop-in Art Making in the Galleries
Gallery 406B
Get inspired by Henri Matisse’s The Swimming Pool and create your own cut-and torn-paper composition.
3:00 p.m.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Experience this contemporary classic screened with open audio description for all to enjoy.
All Day
The Paula and James Crown Creativity Lab
Floor 2
Visit Black Power Naps, a multisensory installation by artists Navild Acosta and Sosa that claims power in rest, inviting you to imagine a world in which leisure, downtime, and quality sleep are available to all. You will be asked to remove your shoes or use shoe covers upon entry.
All Day
The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Family Art Lab
Floor 1, Cullman Education Building
For kids and families!
Explore line, shape, and color through multisensory art activities.
Contact [email protected] or call (212) 408-6447 with any questions.
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Access and Community Programs are supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
Major funding is provided by The Taft Foundation and by the Werner and Elaine Dannheisser Fund for Older Adults at MoMA in honor of Agnes Gund.
Additional support is provided by the Sarah K. de Coizart Article 5th Charitable Trust, the Allene Reuss Memorial Trust, the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation, and the Von Seebeck-Share B. Charitable Trust.