Accessibility

People Using Wheelchairs

To make advance arrangements for wheelchair location tickets, please call 212-362-6000.

For information and to arrange wheelchair assistance, please call 212-799-3100, extension 2204.

The wheelchair access entrance is on the Concourse level (Founders Hall). There is a wheelchair-accessible telephone in Founders Hall and an accessible ladies’ rest room in Founders Hall and gentlemen’s and ladies’ rest rooms on the Dress Circle level.

For information on parking in the “yellow” wheelchair accessible section reserved through Lincoln Center parking, please call 212-874-9021. The entrance for this section is on Amsterdam Avenue, one hundred feet North of 62nd Street.

People with Hearing Loss

Wireless headsets which work with the Sennheiser Infrared Listening System to amplify sound are available at the coat check station on the South Concourse Level before performances. To secure a headset, you must present a credit card or driver’s license. These headsets are provided as a free service for our audience members and no ticket refunds will be made for any malfunctions of this service.

People with Visual Impairment

Large print programs and Braille synopses of many operas are available free of charge. Please contact and usher for assistance.

A limited number of Family Circle score desk seats with no view of the stage are available for $15 for opening nights for new productions, $20 for opening nights for Met premieres and $10 for all other opera performances. For information, please contact the Metropolitan Opera Guild Education Department at 212-769-7028, or order here.

Seeing eye dogs are always allowed in the Met. Please call 212-799-3100 ext. 2204 to arrange assistance to your seat.