Accessibility

The museum is accessible by wheelchair, including the auditorium and restrooms. All three levels of the museum can be accessed via an elevator. Wheelchairs are available free of charge at the front desk. Please inquire at the front desk upon arrival.

Health aides and caregivers always receive free admission when accompanying their care recipients. The Henry offers suggested donation admission to all visitors.

Trained service dogs are welcome to assist visitors in the museum. Pets are not allowed.

Seating is available in the café, the Sculpture Court, and throughout the museum. Lightweight, foldable chairs for in-gallery use are available upon request—please ask our staff for assistance.

The Henry has two all-gender restrooms on the Mezzanine Level. Gendered restrooms are located on the Upper Level. All restrooms are fully accessible.

The museum is typically quietest in the mornings before 11 AM and on Thursdays after 5 PM. The James Turrell skyspace, titled Light Reign, offers a meditative experience and visitors are invited to sit back and absorb the work over a period of time. Please note that lighting may be dimmed in some galleries for display or conservation purposes. Complimentary earplugs and fidgets are available at the front desk.

For programs taking place in the auditorium, Assisted Listening Devices (ALDs) are available upon request; please inquire at the front desk. For the majority of programs and events held within the galleries, ALDs are available as well. While we will likely be able to accommodate ad-hoc requests, we encourage visitors to email contact-programs@henryart.org in advance so we can have the technology ready for use. For your safety, devices are cleaned after each use.

The Henry provides touch kits for the majority of our exhibitions. Visitors are invited to interact with the materials provided, which mimic or are the same as the materials used in the exhibitions.

All exhibition-related texts, including introductory texts and object labels, are printed in large text sizes. Magnifying glasses and flexible magnifying sheets are available as part of our touch kits.

When possible, the Henry or our exhibiting artists provide closed captioning for video content. If an exhibition contains a video that does not have closed captioning, transcripts are available via QR codes as well as printed.

We recommend wheelchair and stroller visitors arriving by bus use the 15th Ave NE and NE 41st St stop and head to the ramp north to the Central Parking Garage entrance on 15th Ave NE.

ADA visitor parking is available in the underground Central Parking Garage with elevator access to the public plaza at the Henry's main entrance. Self-serve visitor parking (pay by phone permits) is available on levels C02, C03, and C04. Level C04, which has four ADA parking stalls, is closest to the elevator near the Henry entrance. View the UW Access Guide for more information.