Sensory Friendly Mornings

The Bruce Museum is hosting a sensory friendly morning for families. Before the Museum opens to the public on May 31, visitors with sensory sensitivities are welcome to enjoy hands-on, drop-in activities in the Museum’s Cohen Education Wing, a cozy story nook in the Lockhart Lookout, and an interactive sensory soft space in the Museum’s Gale and Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. and Pamela and Robert Goergen Auditorium in addition to a social narrative, quiet spaces, and high contrast lighting.  Drop-in…

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May 31, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am

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1 Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830-7157 United States

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The Bruce Museum is hosting a sensory friendly morning for families. Before the Museum opens to the public on May 31, visitors with sensory sensitivities are welcome to enjoy hands-on, drop-in activities in the Museum’s Cohen Education Wing, a cozy story nook in the Lockhart Lookout, and an interactive sensory soft space in the Museum’s Gale and Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. and Pamela and Robert Goergen Auditorium in addition to a social narrative, quiet spaces, and high contrast lighting. 

Drop-in Activities and Sensory Bins: Cohen Education Wing 

Cozy Reading Nook: Lockhart Lookout 

Noise reducing earmuffs will be available to borrow at the Education Desk in the Cohen Education Wing; please reserve a pair at info@brucemuseum.org.

Sensory Friendly Mornings at the Bruce Museum are generously supported by Art Bridges. If you have questions or would like to book a group for the morning, please email education@brucemuseum.org.

Free admission for children 18 and under.

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