For Visitors who are Blind or Have Low Vision

• Multimedia Guides

  The Guggenheim App covers special exhibitions, selections from the permanent collection, and the architecture of the building. The app includes Verbal Imaging description tours for visitors who are blind or have low vision.  Select Verbal Imaging tours include accessory touch object packs and recorded interactions with museum visitors who are blind. The app is compatible with voiceover on iOS devices and T-coil compatible. Please ask the staff at the Multimedia Guide desk for assistance.

• Large Print

  Large- and regular-print versions of our guide are available at the admissions desk. Large-print transcriptions of the audio tour are available at the audio desk.

• Service dogs

  Service dogs are allowed in the museum.

• View the schedule for our Mind’s Eye Tours, offered to partially sighted and blind adults.

• Note: Lighting in the galleries may be dimmed to protect the art.

For Visitors who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

• Multimedia Guides

  The Guggenheim App covers special exhibitions, selections from the permanent collection, and the architecture of the building. The app has transcripts of all tour stops and is T-coil compatible. Please ask the staff at the Multimedia Guide desk for assistance.

• Peter B. Lewis Theater

  Infrared assisted listening devices (headsets and neck loops) are available for all performances and lectures. Please ask an usher for assistance.

• ASL Interpretation

  ASL interpretation is provided for specified tours and gallery programs.

For Visitors with Limited Mobility

• Entrance

  The museum is wheelchair accessible except for the High Gallery, which is at the top of the first ramp and accessible by two low stairs. Partial view of the High Gallery is possible from the first and second rotunda ramps. The Wright restaurant can be accessed via the outdoor ramp or from the indoor chair lift. Please ask a security guard to assist you.

• Wheelchairs

  Standard manual wheelchairs are available; please ask a security guard at the entrance for assistance. No reservation necessary.

  An individual assisting a person in a manual wheelchair can be granted a free admission ticket.

  Electric wheelchairs are allowed in the museum.

• Restrooms

  Wheelchair accessible bathrooms are available in the Sackler Center on the lower level, and on Annex Level 7.

• Elevator

  Elevators are available from the ground floor.

• Ramp Slope

  The grade of the ramp is 3 degrees.

• Accessibility for Ticketed Events

  Wheelchair accessible seating is available for all events at the Guggenheim. Please call the box office to reserve wheelchair accessible seats at 212 423 3587. When all non-accessible seats have been sold, tickets for accessible seats may be sold to members of the general public who do not need the specific features of accessible seats.