Gallery Tour in American Sign Language (Saturdays)
Looking for a good place to start your museum visit? Join a knowledgeable guide for a tour of museum icons and lesser-known treasures. During this participatory experience, you’ll connect with artworks and share your ideas with fellow visitors. Most tours are around 45 minutes. All are welcome—whether this is your first time in an art museum or your one hundred and first.
Tours are delivered entirely in ASL. While all are welcome, ASL Interpretation for hearing visitors will not be provided. This tour starts at the Grand Staircase, on the first level near the glass doors. Please be sure to arrive on time as tours begin promptly.
Tours in ASL will be offered on the second Thursday and third Saturday of every month. Gallery tours take place every day the museum is open. See all upcoming gallery tours . Please note that in-person tours may be canceled or postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.
Interested in a private guided experience for an adult group? Check out our group tour offerings .
If you have any questions about programming, please reach out to museum-programs@artic.edu. For questions related to accessibility accommodations, please email access@artic.edu.
Learn More about Gallery Tours What artworks do we talk about? Most tours will visit 3-5 artworks to provide ample time for discussion. Educators decide which artworks to include based on their current research and the artwork’s potential to inspire curiosity and conversation. Your tour guide will highlight artworks by sharing stories and context and by encouraging the group to look closely and find fresh interpretations, even of objects we may have seen many times.
While tours cover a wide range of galleries across the museum, those tours beginning by the tours sign at the Woman’s Board Grand Staircase are most likely to visit galleries devoted to Arts of Europe: Painting and Sculpture, Arts of Europe and Arms and Armor, Arts of China, Japan, and Korea, Arts of Africa, Arts of the Americas…
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Tours are delivered entirely in ASL. While all are welcome, ASL Interpretation for hearing visitors will not be provided. This tour starts at the Grand Staircase, on the first level near the glass doors. Please be sure to arrive on time as tours begin promptly.
Tours in ASL will be offered on the second Thursday and third Saturday of every month. Gallery tours take place every day the museum is open. See all upcoming gallery tours . Please note that in-person tours may be canceled or postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.
Interested in a private guided experience for an adult group? Check out our group tour offerings .
If you have any questions about programming, please reach out to museum-programs@artic.edu. For questions related to accessibility accommodations, please email access@artic.edu.
Learn More about Gallery Tours What artworks do we talk about? Most tours will visit 3-5 artworks to provide ample time for discussion. Educators decide which artworks to include based on their current research and the artwork’s potential to inspire curiosity and conversation. Your tour guide will highlight artworks by sharing stories and context and by encouraging the group to look closely and find fresh interpretations, even of objects we may have seen many times.
While tours cover a wide range of galleries across the museum, those tours beginning by the tours sign at the Woman’s Board Grand Staircase are most likely to visit galleries devoted to Arts of Europe: Painting and Sculpture, Arts of Europe and Arms and Armor, Arts of China, Japan, and Korea, Arts of Africa, Arts of the Americas…
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