Adapted Programs and Services
The building is wheelchair accessible. Tours are available for visually or hearing impaired visitors, and there are workshops for intellectually disabled visitors. A maximum of five participants is permitted for each of the activities described below.
Programs for people with disabilities
Are you looking for a different way to discover the National Gallery of Canada? The Education Division offers workshops and tours designed to make the Gallery and its collections accessible to persons with disabilities.
Description
Information in adapted formats is available for some temporary exhibitions. Please check first by contacting us at the numbers below.
The workshops and tours are open to unaccompanied adults and groups of all ages of people with physical or developmental impairments, multiple disabilities or a mental illness. Workshops and tours are also offered to those with hearing or visual impairments.
Services
All galleries and facilities are wheelchair accessible.
Wheelchairs are available at no cost from the information desk in the Tour Group Lobby. No reservation is required.
The Auditorium and Lecture Hall have a wireless amplification system. Sign language and oral interpreters can also be made available by arrangement. Please contact us at the numbers below.
These programs are offered at no cost in both official languages during the Gallery’s regular visiting hours.
Information:
Ysabel Jetté
Education and Public Programs
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Dr
P.O. Box 427,Station A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9N4
Tel. : (613) 990-0576,
ATME (613) 990-8340,
Fax (613) 990-2394
E-mail: yjette@gallery.ca
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