A sculpture museum and garden in the Dallas Arts District that is a certified Sensory Inclusive location with KultureCity. Sensory Inclusive Kits with headphones are at the Admissions Desk on request, and a quiet room can be requested at any point in your visit: ask any staff member or security guard.
“The Nasher welcomes neurodiverse visitors. We are a certified Sensory Inclusive™ location in conjunction with KultureCity™.”
“Sensory Inclusive Kits are available at the Admissions Desk upon request. Kits include a map of the Nasher Sculpture Center, a copy of the Nasher Social Story, headphones, a calming object, and a feeling thermometer.”
“The Nasher offers a private space for visitors who may need to attend to personal needs. The quiet room may be requested at any point during your museum visit. To gain access to this room ask any staff member or security guard.”
The Nasher has a social story, A Visit to Nasher Sculpture Center (Nonreader's Version), that walks through arriving, the Front Desk, the galleries, the garden, the café, the quiet room and leaving, plus a Success Story in English and Spanish linked from its accessibility page.
To reserve assistive resources ahead of your visit or ask questions, the Nasher asks you to call its Visitor Experiences staff at 214.242.5100 or email the Manager of Visitor Experiences at ileerosson@nashersculpturecenter.org.
As part of the Dallas Sensory Consortium, the Nasher hosts annual Sensory-Friendly Family Events for families with children who have sensory processing challenges, and posts online sensory activities on the same page.
Ask at the Admissions Desk for a Sensory Inclusive Kit: a map, the social story, headphones, a calming object and a feeling thermometer.
Ask any staff member or security guard for the quiet room, at any point in your visit.
Admission: adults $10, DART riders $8 (with a valid proof of ticket), seniors 65 and over $7, educators and students with ID $5; children under 12, military and first responders with ID, SNAP EBT card holders and members free. Buy ahead online or at the front desk.
The café (the social story says there will be music playing and other people may be eating)not stated
Quieter, in the museum's words
The quiet room, on request: ask any staff member or security guardquiet zone
Free First Saturdays: free admission every first Saturday of the month, 11 am to 5 pm, with family programming from 11 am to 2 pm (no programming when the first Saturday falls on January 1 or July 4). Each date has an RSVP on the Nasher's calendar.
Parking: underground paid parking at the Dallas Museum of Art (garage entrances on North Harwood Street and North St. Paul Street), more underground paid parking at the Park Fast and Trammel Crow garages (entrances on Olive Street), and metered street parking on Harwood, Olive, Ross and along the Woodall Rodgers service road. By DART Rail, ride to Pearl/Arts District Station or St. Paul Station and walk three blocks north to Flora Street.
The main entrance is curbless, with buttons on the left side to open the front doors. Wheelchairs, gallery seating and portable chairs are available on request at the Admissions Desk, and ramps on both sides of the sculpture garden reach every work on display.
No luggage, including small carry-on and oversize backpacks, is allowed in the galleries or garden; these can be checked into the museum's unsupervised cloak room at the front desk. The museum reserves the right to decide what can and can't come into the galleries.
No food or drinks may be brought into the museum; food and drinks can be bought and eaten in the Nasher Cafe serving area or other designated areas.
Children must be attended at all times, and playing and running in the galleries, including the garden, is prohibited. Strollers are allowed in the galleries unless otherwise noted at the museum entrance.
Cell phones need to be switched off in the museum, and mobile phone use is not allowed in the galleries. Print the visual schedule rather than showing it on a phone, and if your kid communicates with a phone or tablet, call Visitor Experiences at 214.242.5100 before your visit to ask.
First aid: tell the nearest security officer. Lost and found: ask at the security office beside Nasher Cafe or call 214.242.5130. In the social story, if a child gets lost or separated, they can go to a security guard for help.
Call
214.242.5100Visitor Experiences: reserve assistive resources, questions214.242.5130Security office: lost and found, luggage questions
