PTT in the Press
Science History Institute - 2026
There is now a monthly Touch Tour at the Science History Institute: It is called: From Nature to Nylons: A Touch-Based History of Textiles. The tour has a capacity of 10 people each month. The cost is $3 per person. Please contact the Institute directly through this link to make a plan to visit.
National Constitution Center: Signer's Hall - 2026
There is a new touch and described tour of Signer's Hall at the Constitution Center. Staff will guide visitors through a really fascinating story telling experience and interaction with the full size statues of those who added their names to the Constitution as well as those who dissented. These take place from 8:45am - 10:00am on Sundays: June 7, 2026, July 26, 2026, August 23, 2026, September 27, 2026, October 25, 2026, November 22, 2026, December 20, 2026
Contact: kmarinello@constitutioncenter.org and bkrisch@constitutioncenter.org to reserve a spot.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pNEJiPpCkEg
Washington Crossing Historic Park - 2026
The perfect location to learn about history, touch art and objects and have a picnic! Contact the Crossing directly to arrange a visit:
https://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/interpretive-experience-for-the-blind-low-vision-community/
Museum of the American Revolution - 2025
Audio Descriptive Tour of the Galleries: Navigation info for blind/low vision visitors is integrated with information about the exhibit and with a heads up the Museum will provide a guide and tactile objects related to the exhibits:
https://www.amrevmuseum.org/audio-descriptive-tour-core-galleries
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Department of Art History at the University of Delaware - 2025
Philly Touch Tours recently worked with a marvelous group of graduate students enrolled in the “Disability and American Art Histories” seminar in the Department of Art History at the University of Delaware. Their task was to interpret objects from Winterthur's incredible Decorative Arts. Here is the link to their stellar effort.
https://digitalcollections.winterthur.org/exhibits/reframing-refocusing-reimagining-disability
South Street’s Magic Gardens mosaics can dazzle the eye, but they’re also fascinating for people who are blind, Billy Penn, 2023: https://billypenn.com/2023/07/19/south-street-magic-gardens-blind-touch-tours/
For visually impaired art fans, Philly museum’s scent-based exhibit ‘leveled the playing field, Billy Penn, Dec. 2022: https://billypenn.com/2022/12/26/philadelphia-museum-accessibility-scent-sissel-tolaas-ica/
Visual art for the visually impaired: Philly museum tests out new ways to experience paintings, WHYY Nov, 2021:
https://whyy.org/articles/visual-art-for-the-visually-impaired-philly-museum-tests-out-new-ways-to-experience-paintings/
Wharton Esherick Museum Blog, 2018:
Philly Touch Tours Make Our City’s Experiences Accessible to Everyone, City Wide, Dec 2019
Philly Touch Tours Guides Blind/Visually Impaired Through Museums, Markets and Nature Centers, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2019
Blind Living Radio, Podcast, July 2016
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/philly-touch-tours-with-trish-maunder-katherine-allen/id968392107?i=1000372899229
Hands-on Philly tour company opens a world of senses beyond sight, WHYY, April 2016
https://whyy.org/articles/hands-on-philly-tour-company-opens-a-world-of-senses-beyond-sight-2/
Local group gives blind individuals ‘a true voice,’ Temple News, Feb 2016
https://temple-news.com/local-group-gives-blind-individuals-a-true-voice/