Park buildings, programs, films and exhibits are accessible via curb cuts, ramps, text/photo albums describing second floor displays, verbal presentations, park folders in Braille and large print, printed tours, pamphlets and booklets, park-wide signage featuring text and graphics, open captioning and assistive listening devices.

For People with Mobility Impairments:

• Most park buildings are accessible including: the Liberty Bell Center, the Independence Visitor Center, Independence Hall (first floor), Congress Hall (first floor), the Portrait Gallery in the Second Bank, Carpenters’ Hall, Franklin Court, the Independence Living History Center, the National Constitution Center, Old City Hall, the Great Essentials Exhibit, Declaration House (first floor.)   
  
• Accessible restrooms are available in the Independence Visitor Center, the Portrait Gallery in the Second Bank, Franklin Court, the Independence Living History Center, the National Constitution Center and across from Independence Hall at 5th and Chestnut Streets.  
  
• Some wheelchairs are available for borrowing at the Independence Visitor Center for use while in the park. 
  
• Paved sidewalks with curb cuts are available along the perimeter of all blocks in the park. Newly landscaped walks on Independence Mall provide clear access in the middle of the three blocks between Independence Hall and the National Constitution Center. 
  
• There are wayside exhibits throughout the park which can be reached by people using wheelchairs.
  
• All ranger led outdoor tours are on paved walks and use curb cuts. Most cover only 3-4 blocks so are suitable for people of all abilities.   
  
• Photo albums of public rooms above the ground floor are available for Independence Hall, Congress Hall, and other buildings.   
  

• Independence Hall Accessibility Book for the Second Floor (large .pdf file, 6.66MB)

• Congress Hall Accessibility Book for the Second Floor (large .pdf file, 5.62MB)

• Segway Policy
  
  For People with Hearing Impairments:

• Open captions are available on all park films including the three films at the Independence Visitor Center, the three films in Franklin Court, Declaration House and the New Hall Military Museum.
  
• Assisted listening devices are available for the films and ranger led tours. 
  
• There is printed information available on the Liberty Bell and Independence Square buildings as well as in the park brochure.
  
• American Sign Language interpretation is available by request. Please call 215-597-7130 at least 14 days prior to your visit.

For People with Sight Impairments:

• Park brochures in Braille are available at the Independence Visitor Center.  Large print park brochures are on order, due Fall 2008.  
  
• There is a model of most park buildings outside of the Independence Living History Center.
  
• There are reproduction articles in many park buildings that can be touched such as in the New Hall Military Museum, Franklin Court Printing Office and Congress Hall. 
  
• There is a model of the words around the Liberty Bell that can be touched in the Liberty Bell Center. 
  
• Demonstrations are given daily on a reproduction of the musical instrument Ben Franklin invented: the Glass Armonica in the museum at Franklin Court.
  
• Audio information is available to buy in park sales locations.