November 19 Whitney Museum of American Art, NY will offer a verbal description and touch tour for blind and partially sighted visitors. The tour will include works from the Whitney's exhibition Collecting Biennials, an exhibition devoted to those artists in the Whitney's collection whose works were shown in Biennials over the past eight decades. The tour is free but a reservation is required. Tour starts at 12.00 pm. Please call 212.570.7789 to reserve your space. The Whitney is located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street. Please visit whitney.org for more information. December 7 The Newark Museum, NJ offers guided tours for blind and visually impaired visitors using verbal imaging techniques. Specially trained Docents will guide blind and partially sighted museum guests to the featured area, describe selected objects and their back story and offer similar objects that can be held to stimulate the senses. Tour is entitled:"Christmas in the Ballantine House." Free with Suggested Museum Admission. Pre-registration required; call (973) 596-6613. http://www.artbeyondsight.org/change/aw-calendar.shtml