Sensory Friendly Sunday is a monthly event designed for kids, teens, and adults with sensory processing differences, autism, or developmental disabilities. The galleries will be closed to the general public, allowing visitors to enjoy the museum in a calm environment, with accommodations such as quiet spaces, fidgets, and sunglasses available. Experience a selection of current exhibitions, make art, or watch a short film. All friends and family members are welcome.
In November, explore the exhibitions Dyani White Hawk: Love Language and This Must Be the Place: Inside the Walker’s Collection.
To support the health and safety of visitors at increased risk for COVID-19, masks are required at Sensory Friendly Sunday for visitors over age 2. Accommodations are available if someone in your party is unable to tolerate masking. Please email access@walkerart.org or call 612-375-7561 for more information.
This program was created in consultation with the Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM) and the University of Minnesota’s Occupational Therapy Program.
Activity Information
Glow Together, 8–11 am
How does light change the way you see color? Inspired by the work of Dyani White Hawk, use colorful film to make a see-through collage. When lit, the colors of your collage will mix and sparkle.
This Must Be the Scavenger Hunt, 8–11 am
Explore the exhibition This Must Be the Place, look closely at the art, and play our scavenger hunt. Move at your own pace. Once you are finished, bring your worksheet back to get a prize!
Short Film: Dyani White Hawk in Between Worlds, 8–11 am
In this documentary short, we follow the artist’s career, revisiting places where her practice began to institutions where her work calls for a deeper reflection on the story of American art. Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 12 ©2025 Art21, Inc.
Admission Tickets
While walk-ins are welcome, we encourage you to reserve your space ahead of time. Sensory Friendly Sunday is typically less busy from 8 to 9:30 am, and busier from 9:30 to 11 am.
Accessibility, Content, and Sensory Notes
The short film will be captioned in English.
Accessibility note: To access Gallery 5, take the accessible lift down one level from floor 6.
Sensory note: The exhibition This Must Be the Place: Inside the Walker’s Collection includes two video rooms with reduced light levels. Some videos include flashing, flickering, or disorienting visual effects and sound that changes in volume, pitch, and tone.
Sensory note: The exhibition Dyani White Hawk: Love Language includes three video rooms with reduced light levels. Some videos include flashing, flickering, or disorienting visual effects and sound that changes in volume, pitch, and tone.
To prepare for your visit, check out this Social Narrative.
For more information about accessibility, visit our Access page.
For questions on accessibility or to request additional accommodations, call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org.
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