Visit

Care Partners and Personal Care Assistants (PCAs)
Gallery admission and event tickets are free for a care partner of a person with a disability or a personal care assistant while they are working. Please select the PCA price when reserving tickets or check in with Visitor Experience staff at the Main Lobby desk for free admission or tickets.

Service Animals
Service animals are welcome at the Walker.

Medical Bags
Backpacks and bags larger than 11 by 17 inches are not allowed in the galleries and can be checked in lockers. Visitors are welcome to bring such a bag into the galleries if they require it for a medical need. Check in with Visitor Experience staff at the lobby desk, and a tag will be issued to display on your bag while you visit the museum.

Accessible Parking
Accessible parking is available at Vineland Place Parking Ramp with a direct connection to the Walker Art Center. Note that the parking ramp entrance is 8 feet 2 inches high. For vehicles larger than this height, we recommend the surface lot, which is adjacent to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. There are 13 accessible parking spots on the P1 level of the ramp. Eleven of these spots have an adjacent loading area. Visitors can pay for parking at the gate when they leave the ramp or at a kiosk in the P1 corridor.

Vineland Place parking meters provide four-hour options for vehicles with disability license plates or certificates. The nearest parking meters to the main entrance are on the north side of Vineland Place, to the west of the main entrance.

Accessible Transport
Services such as Metro Mobility should be instructed to drop off and pick up passengers at 725 Vineland Place. There is a disability transfer zone to the west of the main entrance.

The Walker is accessible to visitors who use wheelchairs or prefer to avoid stairs. All entrances and public areas are accessible. Visitors may use mobility devices, including manual and electric wheelchairs, mobility scooters, and manually powered mobility aids throughout the Walker Art Center and Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. More information on navigating these spaces can be found below.

Wheelchair Availability
Manual wheelchairs are available for free at the Visitor Services desk located in the Main Lobby on a first-come, first-served basis. All wheelchairs are cleaned between uses. Weight capacity is 250 pounds.

Entrance
Our main entrance is located at Vineland Place across from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. There is also an entrance located on Hennepin Avenue north of Groveland Terrace, next to Idea House 3. Both entrances feature automatic doors. To access the Galleries and the Walker Cinema from the parking garage, follow signs on the blue wall to navigate to the Walker’s entrance on P1. To visit the McGuire Theater or Idea House 3, follow the signs on the blue wall to the elevators for the Theater.

Accessing the Galleries
When navigating the Gallery Tower containing Galleries 1–7, please note the elevator located off the Main Lobby provides access to Galleries 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7. Galleries 2 and 5 can be reached via the accessible lifts, whose entrances are located on floors 3 and 6, respectively. The platform is 31 inches by 48 inches, and the weight limit is 750 lbs. This typically provides space for the visitor using the mobility device, in addition to one person standing or one service animal.

Gallery Seating
Benches are available in each gallery and in public spaces. Portable stools can be checked out for free from the Visitor Experience desk in the Main Lobby.

Accessing the Walker Cinema
To get to the Walker Cinema from the parking ramp, follow entrance signs on P1 (level 1) to the Main Lobby. From the street, enter through the main entrance on Vineland Place.

Cinema Seating
For seating that doesn’t require the use of stairs, enter the Cinema through the left-side door. Our accessible seating is situated at the back of the house with clear views of the screen and stage. The area is elevated slightly above the tiered seating and can accommodate two wheelchairs and two companion seats. If you wish to reserve accessible seating for a screening or program, please contact us at access@walkerart.org or 612-375-7564.

Bentson Mediatheque
Located off the Main Lobby, the Bentson Mediatheque has a wheelchair accessible entrance on the lower level next to the Art Lab. Take the elevator in the Main Lobby down to level LL and turn to the right. Two wheelchair spaces are available in the front row.

Accessing the McGuire Theater
To get to the McGuire Theater from the parking ramp, enter the door to the right of the main entrance and take elevator 2 to the McGuire Theater. From the street, take the Hennepin entrance to the Box Office and proceed to Elevator 2.

Restrooms
Two all-gender, single-user accessible restrooms with manual doors are located between the parking garage and the Main Lobby, near Cardamom. There are gendered, multistall restrooms located on the lower level next to the Art Lab, accessible from the elevator in the Main Lobby (level LL).

There are gendered multistall restrooms with accessible stalls on the Level M (Mezzanine Level) and in the City View Room in the section of the building that houses the McGuire Theater and Idea House 3. These restrooms have manual doors.

Infant Care Room
A private infant care space, with a chair, changing table, and sink, is located on the lower level. Take the elevator in the Main Lobby to the lower level (LL) and go straight ahead.

Entrance
Accessible entrances to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden are located on Vineland Place across the street from the Walker’s entrance and on Bryant Avenue adjacent to the surface parking lot. A paved path with switchbacks traverses the hillside of the Wurtele Upper Garden and connects to multiple entrances to the Walker and the sidewalks on Vineland Place and Groveland Terrace.

Sidewalks and pathways
The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Wurtele Upper Garden feature both paved sidewalks and gravel surfaces to access the sculptures. A paved sidewalk is located around the perimeter of the Garden. Paved sidewalks run East to West and South to North through the center of the Garden, providing access to the Spoonbridge and Cherry.

Assistive Listening Devices
The desk in the Main Lobby is equipped with an induction hearing loop that directly transmits sound to hearing aids or cochlear implants with a T-coil copper wire. Please turn your device to “T.”

Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) are available at the box office for all events in the Walker Cinema, the Bentson Mediatheque, and the McGuire Theater.

Closed Caption Devices
Closed-caption Readers are available at the box office for most screenings in the Walker Cinema. Caption readers attach to armrests at your seat and display text on a small screen. Please request captions for a screening two weeks in advance so staff can produce captions for films that may not have come with a caption track and do not have open captions planned.

Content and Sensory Notes
Content and Sensory Notes are included on an exhibition or event’s webpage when applicable, as well as on signage in the gallery. Our staff is available onsite to answer questions.

Audio Accessibility for Artwork
Artworks that feature audio are accompanied by open captions, synchronous mobile captions accessible via QR code on your device, or a label or transcript describing the audio. Transcripts are available in the galleries either as a bound booklet or via QR code.

Bloomberg Connects
Select exhibitions feature verbal descriptions of some artworks and/or audio guides. Audio content is accompanied by a transcript. Bloomberg Connects is screen-reader accessible.

Sensory Packs
Sensory aids such as sunglasses and fidgets are available upon request at the Main Lobby desk.

Please email access@walkerart.org or call 612-375-7564 two weeks in advance of your visit to request these services, available to individuals and groups.

American Sign Language Interpretation

Braille

Large-Print Materials

Open Captioning

Verbal Description Services

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is available for a variety of public programs and upon request for any program or tour with two weeks notice.

Sensory Friendly Sunday
On the second Sunday of each month, the Walker hosts Sensory Friendly Sunday from 8 to 11 am.

Learn more about Accessibility programs.