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Accessibility

We believe that accommodations and approaches designed with the needs of people with disabilities in mind enrich the experiences of all visitors.

The Warhol is committed to offering inclusive, engaging experiences for people of all abilities. To request accommodations to enhance your visit, please contact access@warhol.org or call 412.237.8354.

Wheelchair Access

The museum’s main entrance at 117 Sandusky Street is wheelchair accessible. The staff entrance at East General Robinson Street is equipped with a lift.

All floors, including The Warhol theater, The Factory underground, The Warhol Café, The Warhol Store, and gallery levels, are serviced by an elevator and are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are located on the underground (basement) floor and the second floor. All restrooms include an accessible stall.

Standard wheelchairs and gallery stools are available free of charge on a limited basis at the admission desk. Please reserve more than 24 hours in advance by contacting access@warhol.org.

Service Animals

Service animals are welcome at The Warhol.

Assistive Listening

The Warhol theater is equipped with an FM assistive listening system. Receivers with headphones or neck loops are available free of charge at the admission desk.

Open Captioning

The orientation film Fifteen Minutes Eternal and other didactic films throughout the museum are open captioned. The Out Loud audio guide app features transcripts and captions.

Out Loud

Out Loud is The Warhol’s inclusive audio guide app. Learn about the Pop artist’s life and art through different stories and a variety of voices, such as scholars, curators, and members of Warhol’s family.

Out Loud is designed to be inclusive of users across abilities. For users who are blind or have low vision, the app is screen reader-optimized and offers enlargeable text.

Out Loud is available for download on iOS devices from the App Store.

Tactile Art Reproductions

Explore touchable, three-dimensional reproductions of signature works in The Warhol’s collection installed throughout the museum. The free Out Loud audio guide app offers vivid visual descriptions and guided tactile narration of these works, designed for visitors who are blind or have low vision.

Large Print

Large print copies of wall labels are available at the admission desk for use in the museum. Visitors can also download large print texts in a digital format for use on their own device.

Sensory Friendly

Four individuals pose for a picture against a backdrop of silver streamers and a small disco ball. On the left is a woman with brown hair, a pink feather boa, and dark sunglasses who has her arm around a man with short brown hair, sunglasses, and a green scarf. Next to them is a Man wearing sunglasses and an orange jacket. The woman on the far right wears a purple jacket and dark sunglasses, and she holds a microphone for the man at her side.

Photo by Joseph Smith

The museum offers engaging gallery and studio experiences for teens and adults with autism spectrum disorders and sensory sensitivities. To learn about upcoming programs, visit our calendar or contact access@warhol.org to schedule a tour.

Sighted Guides and ASL Interpretation

For visitors who are blind or have low vision, educators are trained to be sighted guides and provide detailed descriptions of artwork on gallery tours. Touchable objects are included when available. To schedule a tour of our exhibitions, please contact access@warhol.org.

American Sign Language interpreters are available for tours or public programs at The Warhol. Please contact access@warhol.org two weeks in advance to schedule a tour or request an interpreter. Relay calls are welcome.

Group Tours and Workshops

The Warhol’s artist educators are trained in a variety of approaches to make the museum experience accessible to people of all abilities and communication needs.

Accessibility at Carnegie Museums

Our museums welcome all visitors. We work to assist visitors with disabilities in obtaining reasonable and appropriate accommodations, and in supporting equal access to our websites, services, programs, and activities. Please note that requests for accommodations at our museums should be made at least two weeks prior to your visit. For specific questions about wheelchairs, strollers, or other programmatic or equipment needs, see Visitor Services at the museum information desk or email access@warhol.org, or call 412.237.8354. The four Carnegie Museums are committed to keeping their websites compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. We welcome any feedback on how to improve our sites’ accessibility for all users. We strive to develop a website that is accessible to all.

For policy details, read the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Notification/Resolution Procedure.

Pop art is for everyone.

Andy Warhol, The East Village Other, 1966

The Pop idea, after all, was that anybody could do anything.

Andy Warhol, Popism, 1980