Intrepid Museum to Offer Activities in Honor of Disability Awareness Month

In honor of Disability Awareness Month in October, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is launching a month's worth of activities and events that will bring together families, children and adults with special needs. From children and adults who are, or work with, the deaf/hard-of-hearing, blind or partially-sighted, wounded warriors and veterans, or families who are affected by autism, the month will celebrate differences and raise awareness for bettering cultural experiences for everyone.

Key events throughout the month of events include:

Verbal Description & Touch Tours: Intrepid's Education staff will lead tours of small groups of visitors who are blind or who have low vision on Saturday, October 1 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM and Monday, October 17 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM.
Behavioral Health Fair: An educational symposium, organized by Talk Therapy Television, promoting behavioral health awareness and wellness on Sunday, October 9.
ASL-led Tours: ASL-led tours will be offered through Intrepid's complex focusing on the Growler submarine and British Airways Concorde on Saturday, October 15 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM and Sunday, October 30 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
Educator Open House: Intrepid welcomes educators to learn about the Museum's education programs, focusing on access programs for students with special needs, on Thursday, October 20 from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
Access Family Program: Up, Down and All Around: Art workshops focusing on movement & transportation will be offered to children with learning and developmental disabilities. Presented in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art and the Jewish Museum. Sunday, October 16 from 11AM - 1PM
Veterans and Military Family Day: Intrepid welcomes veterans and military families with special needs, including physical, developmental or emotional challenges, to tour the museum with Intrepid's Education staff on Saturday, October 22 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM.

A full schedule of the month's activities can be found at www.intrepidmuseum.com.

Disability Awareness Month is sponsored by Time Warner Cable.

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is proudly supported by Bank of America.

About the Museum
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum complex includes the 900-foot-long aircraft carrier ‘Intrepid' with seven full decks and four theme halls; the guided missile submarine Growler; and an extensive collection of over 30 aircraft including the A-12 Blackbird, the fastest plane in the world, and the British Airways Concorde, the fastest commercial aircraft in the world. Guests can experience areas of the ship including the Flight Deck, Hangar Deck, fo'c'sle (commonly known as the anchor chain room), new multimedia presentations and exhibit collections, interactive educational stations and a state-of-the-art public pier.

Guests to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum also can experience the 12,240 square-foot interactive Exploreum - which contains a variety of hands-on exhibits - that teaches guests about the different properties of the sea, air, space and living at sea as each relates to the ship Intrepid. In the Exploreum, guests can experience a flight simulator, transmit messages using Morse code, sit on the bunk of a crewmember, learn how the Intrepid turned salt water into fresh water and perform various tasks while wearing space gloves.

Museum Hours:
April 1 - October 31:
Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

November 1 - March 31:
Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Cost of Admission:
Adult: $24.00
Seniors and College Students: $20.00
Youth 7-17: $19.00
Veterans: $17.00
Child 3-6: $12.00
Active Military, Retired Military and Children Under 3: Free

Tickets are available for purchase on the Intrepid's website, www.intrepidmuseum.org. General admission tickets can be purchased online for a discount of $2.00 per ticket.

Location:
Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th Avenue), Manhattan

Public Transportation:

Directions by NYC Metro Bus
Take cross-town buses west. M34 (34th Sts), M42 (42nd St.) or M-50 (49th St.) to 12th Ave. and Hudson River. Intrepid is a short walk North from the M34 and M42. The M50 drops off immediately in front of the Intrepid.

Directions by NYC Metro Subway
Take the A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, 1, 2, 3 or 7 train to 42nd St., then walk or take the M-42 West Bus to Hudson River (12th Ave). Walk North to Intrepid.

Directions from Water
Take New York Water Taxi to Pier 84 and walk a block north to the Intrepid Museum. Or from New Jersey take the New York Waterway to Midtown (38th Street) and walk north on 12th Ave to the museum.

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is proudly supported by Bank of America.

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