ARONSON FINE ARTS CENTER + KRANZBERG EDUCATION LAB
Laumeier's Aronson Fine Arts Center and Kranzberg Education Lab are wheelchair accessible with ground-level/no-step entry and ramped access. Both buildings also have wheelchair-accessible bathrooms and water fountains.
OUTDOOR SPACES
Laumeier’s public restrooms located in the Carriage House and Way Field are wheelchair accessible. The Central Pathway that runs from the lower parking lot at the front of the Park to the West Entrance parking lot is paved but follows the natural terrain so grading is steeper than ADA standards. Click here to view the Central Pathway on our Park map. Paved pathways may be used by motorized wheelchairs but not other types of vehicles.
WHEELCHAIR CHECK-OUT
Thanks to support from the Gateway Foundation, wheelchairs are available for loan to guests for use on the Park grounds.
How to check-out a wheelchair:
If you’d like to use a wheelchair, please contact Administrative & Volunteer Coordinator Julia Norton at jnorton@laumeier.org at least 24 hours in advance of your visit. Wheelchairs will only be available for use Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and must be returned to the office by closing time at 4 p.m.
On the day of your visit, you will be asked to sign our wheelchair use waiver and complete the wheelchair check-out form with a member of the Laumeier staff. You must also present a valid Driver’s License or State ID, which will be held securely during your visit and returned once the wheelchair is checked back in with a Laumeier staff member.
RESOURCES FOR NEURODIVERSE ACCESSIBILITY
Download our Social Narrative
This Social Narrative is designed to help people of all abilities prepare for a visit to the Park.
Download our sensory-friendly park guide to find:
Quiet and less crowded spaces.
Spaces with shade and low light.
Spaces with seating.
The Social Narrative and sensory-friendly park guide were created by Adria Brown, MSW.
ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS
Parks and Recreation programs and facilities are available for people of all abilities. Contact Relay Missouri at 800.735.2966 to let us know if there is an accommodation that would make a program accessible to you or your family.
BRONZE MAQUETTES
Laumeier partners with Lighthouse for the Blind-St. Louis to develop bronze maquettes (cast scale models) for artworks in the Permanent Collection to help visitors with sight impairments navigate and enjoy the artworks in the outdoor galleries. We currently have several maquettes, including a topographic orientation map of the Park.
Each maquette is sited atop a concrete and aluminum base that provides interpretive text panels in both printed English and Braille. The design of the maquette bases, the Braille description and the maquettes themselves all provide a conducive and engaging experience for visitors who are visually impaired. The maquettes are cast by local artist and educator Thad Duhigg.
Laumeier’s bronze maquette program began in 1991 with assistance from Citicorp and the National Endowment for the Arts, which produced the first 12 maquettes. The current program includes the redesign of existing maquettes to meet national standards and the creation of 20 new maquettes.
Bronze maquettes installed throughout the Park include:
Laumeier Sculpture Park Topographic Map, 2010
Vito Acconci, Face of the Earth #3, 1988
Mark di Suvero, Bornibus, 1985–87
Jackie Ferrara, Laumeier Project, 1981
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s, Four Shades, 1994
Dan Graham, Triangle Bridge Over Water, 1990
Jene Highstein, Ada’s Will, 1990
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1984
Alexander Liberman, The Way, 1972–80
Mary Miss, Pool Complex: Orchard Valley, 1983–85
Beverly Pepper, Cromlech Glen, 1985–90
Judith Shea, American Heartland Garden, 1992, and Public Goddess, 1992
Robert Stackhouse, St. Louie Bones, 1987
Tony Tasset, Eye, 2007
