Charlestown, MA, December 10th, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Sensory-friendly mornings to learn about the history of America’s Ship of State in a quieter setting, without loud sounds or flashing lights, and before the museum opens to the public at 10:00 AM.
*Open to visitors of all ages, as well as their friends, families, and caregivers.
* Registration is required and limited to 35 people
Sensory Friendly Changes include:
- A Social Narrative and Communication Book are available online and at our Admission Desk.
- Paper towels will be available in all bathrooms. Hand dryers will be blocked with tape.
- The Nation’s Ship and Battle Theater movies will have lower sound and slightly increased lighting. There will also be no flashing lights in the Battle Theater movie.
- The Today’s Crew exhibit will be designated as a quiet room. The videos and rotating images will be shut off and the lights will be turned down. In the room will be noise-reducing headphones, a weighted shoulder wrap, and other sensory calming items.
- The two cannons in the War of 1812 Battle exhibit will have their sound turned off.
- The large ship model in the Forest to Frigate exhibit will have a special touch table with rope and sail cloth to explore.
- Ambient sounds in our All Hands on Deck exhibit will be turned off.
- Fidgets, noise-reducing headphones, weighted shoulder wraps, sunglasses, and other sensory resources will be available to borrow at the admission desk.
For more information visit The USS Constitution’s Museums’s Sensory Friendly Page https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/events/sensoryfriendlysunday/ or contact museumlearning@usscm.org 617-426-1812.
