ArtsBoston is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the arts.

The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University is among the nation’s premier university museums dedicated to 20th and 21st century art. A center of cultural and intellectual life on campus, the museum serves as a living textbook for object-based learning, a home and resource for artists, and a catalyst for artistic expression, scholarly innovation, and the production of new knowledge through art. With its international collections, changing exhibitions, and diverse public programs, the Rose affirms and advances the values of freedom of expression, academic excellence, global diversity, and social justice that are the hallmarks of Brandeis University.

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LOCATION

Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University

415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453

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Accessibility Information

  • Accessible Parking

    Accessible Parking

    Visitors with disability plates or placards may park in the designated accessible parking spaces along the Rose circle. If there are no spaces available, visitors may be dropped off at the designated handicap ramp located to the left of the front entrance and park in the Theater Parking Lot after receiving a pass at the museum’s front desk.

  • Accessible Restrooms

    Accessible Restrooms

    Accessible restrooms are located on the museum’s second floor in the Lois Foster Wing.

    Baby-changing stations are located in bathrooms in the Lois Foster Wing.

  • All Gender Restrooms

    All Gender Restrooms

    All restrooms are gender-neutral. Please note: current building codes require that one restroom is labeled “women” and one “men.” We acknowledge that these two categories do not reflect all visitors’ and staff’s gender identity or expression. Please use the restroom that feels most comfortable for you.

  • Elevator

    Elevator

    The museum’s elevator provides access to all public areas of the museum.
    Elevator capacity is limited to one to two people to aid physical distancing.

  • Info

    Info

    We recommend visiting on a weekday morning or late afternoon for visitors interested in exploring the Rose during quiet hours. Please note that some exhibitions feature works with sound, which visitors can hear throughout the galleries.

    Backless seating is available in the Fineberg and Lower Rose galleries, and the Lois Foster Wing, and the Foster Wing stairwell.

    Folding gallery stools are also available upon request from our gallery attendants and may be carried throughout the museum and used as needed.

    Closed captions are available for all virtual programming.

    Transcripts for audio or video artworks featuring sound are available at the welcome desk on the entrance level; please ask a gallery staff member for assistance.

  • Large Print

    Large Print

    Binders are available with large text format labels in each gallery, at the reception desk in the Fineberg gallery, on the table in the Lower Rose gallery, and in the vestibule before the Foster Wing.

  • Service Animal

    Service Animal

    Service animals, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, are welcome.

  • Wheelchair Access

    Wheelchair Access

    A barrier-free path to the museum starts at the left of the front entrance at the designated handicap ramp. It proceeds past the front steps to the right side of the building, where the accessible entrance and elevator are located. This door does not feature power assistance. Please call the front desk for assistance.

    Please note that the main entrance and interior doors are not equipped with power assistance. Please ask a gallery attendant for assistance.

    All public areas of the museum are accessible to visitors using mobility devices and strollers.

    The Rose offers a limited number of manual wheelchairs to visitors free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis.

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