Visiting Tate Modern
Programme for Blind and Visually Impaired Visitors
Braille Gallery Plans
Tate Modern has a gallery plan with Braille information available from the Clore Information Room on Level 1. To receive the plan prior to your visit, call Tate Modern Information on 020 7401 5113.
Touch Tours
Touch Tours are currently available at Tate Modern. They introduce visually impaired visitors to the thematic arrangement of the displays and engage with the ideas, materials and techniques of art since 1900. Tours will typically include a sculpture that can be explored through direct handling and a number of other two and three dimensional works that are explored using a combination of raised images, handling objects, description and discussion.
Tate Modern also has a selection of raised-image reproductions of work in the Collection, produced by the Living Paintings Trust. These are accompanied by recorded commentaries and are available from the Clore Information Room.
Large-Print Captions
Large-print captions are available in the exhibitions and displays at all four galleries. Please ask at the Information Desks or a member of staff for assistance. Audio Guides for Visually Impaired People
Tate Modern offers the General Collections Tour, which is a guide to the collection displays at Tate Modern. It allows you to choose your own route though the gallery, giving you an overview of the Collection as well as commentaries about individual works. The General Collections Tour audio-guide costs £2 and is available on Level 3.
Visual Description
Visit the online calendar and for details of upcoming events at Tate Modern that have visual description.
Programme for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Visitors
Hearing Loops
Hearing loops are available on most gallery tours. Visit the online calendar and for details of upcoming events at Tate Modern that have a hearing loop .
BSL Talks
Tate Modern offers gallery talks, tours and events organised in BSL or interpreted into BSL at Tate Modern.
Family activities are deaf-friendly and supported monthly by deaf artists and BSL users.
Visit Tate's online calendar for details of upcoming events at Tate Modern that offer BSL translation.
Tate Modern's BSL talks also are listed on www.magicdeaf.org.uk.
BSL Multimedia Guide
A free multimedia guide in British Sign Language with optional subtitles that focuses on works from the Collection will be available from the Information Desks from December 2007. A deposit item, for example a drivers licence or ID card, is required to borrow the tour.
Programme for Visitors with Learning Disabilities
Tate Modern offers Art Into Life workshops for community groups and adults accompanying school children with learning disabilities.
Computer with Accessibility Software at Tate Modern
The Clore Information Room at Tate Modern is equipped with a large monitor PC fitted with text-magnification, text-reader and speech-output software and a variety of resources including: raised line gallery plans, large print permanent collection captions, temporary exhibition guides and audio-guide transcripts, a selection of raised images of works in the Collection with audio commentary and Magnilink for magnifying images or text. For more information, or to book an introduction to the resources in the Clore Information Room, please call 020 7401 5113.