Here are some of the ways in which we hope to accommodate any special needs you might have during your visit at the Nasher:

• Wheelchairs
• Quiet Room
• Success Story
• Sensory Kit 
• Family Activity Kits

If you are planning a visit and would like to reserve any of our assistive resources in advance or if you have other questions, please reach out to our Visitor Experiences staff at 214.242.5100 or our Manager of Visitor Experiences via email at [email protected]

Service animals are welcome at the Nasher.

Learn more about Accessibility Programs at the Nasher.

The Nasher offers several tools that we hope will enhance your visit.

Verbal Descriptions of Artworks

Audio recordings describing the appearance of selected artworks are available on the Nasher app.

Braille and large print copies of exhibition texts are available for checkout at the Front Desk. Assistive listening devices may be available for events and tours upon advance request. 

Video: Blake Lindsay on Accessibility

Motivational speaker, author of Blind For a Purpose: Turning Life-Challenges into Purpose In Life, and Communications Director of Envision, Blake Lindsay, speaks on blindness and the ways in which visual descriptions of art can help visually-impaired people understand it in the same way that people with normal sight can.

The Nasher Sculpture Center is a certified Sensory Inclusive™ location in conjunction with KultureCity. We offer the following resources for our visitors:

Success Story: A Visit to Nasher Sculpture Center

This story was created to help guide and set up expectations for museum visitors. If you would like to print it out to read at home prior to your visit, you may do so via the link below. (Available in English and Spanish.)

Nasher Sculpture Center Success Story  (PDF)

Historia de éxito de Nasher Sculpture Center (PDF)

Sensory Kits

The Nasher Sculpture Center is a certified Sensory Inclusive™ location in conjunction with KultureCity. Sensory Inclusive Kits are available at the Admissions Desk upon request. Kits include a map of the Nasher Sculpture Center, a copy of the Nasher Social Story, binoculars, earplugs, an activity, and a feeling thermometer.

Quiet Room

The Nasher offers a private space for visitors who may need to attend to personal needs. The quiet room may be requested at any point during your museum visit. To gain access to this room ask any staff member or security guard.

Sensory-Friendly Resources

Families are invited to learn more about our free Sensory-Friendly programs and online resources designed especially for children on the Autism Spectrum.

The Nasher Sculpture Center offers a curbless ADA compliant main entrance with buttons located on the left side of the entryway to open the front doors when you arrive.

The entire museum is wheelchair accessible.

Service animals are welcome at the Nasher.

Wheelchairs, seating in the galleries, and portable chairs are available for use upon request at the Admissions Desk. Our garden is also designed to be accessible for visitors with limited mobility. Ramps are available on both sides of the sculpture garden so that guests may see every work on display.