Supporting all families in our community
Access For All
Inclusive Environments for Every Child
At Knock Knock Children’s Museum, we believe all children deserve the opportunity to explore, learn, and have fun in a safe and inclusive environment. That is why we are dedicated to expanding access to our wonderful facility to all children and their families, including those with disabilities and special needs or those facing significant financial challenges.
reduced price admission
Access For All
Knock Knock Children’s Museum participates in the national Museums for All program providing reduced-price admission for those receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Reduced-price tickets are available at the door for $5 per ticket with an adult EBT card and matching valid Louisiana ID for up to 5 people.
This program is sponsored in part by the generosity of the Charles Lamar Family Foundation and the Pennington Family Foundation.
Support Access for All Initiatives.
Inclusive sensory-friendly hours
Play 4 All
Each quarter, Knock Knock Children’s Museum offers inclusive, “after hours” events tailored for children with disabilities and special needs, along with their families, caregivers, and therapists. Play 4 All creates a sensory-friendly environment with low lighting, reduced noise, and adaptive equipment, ensuring all children can enjoy specially designed activities.
Play 4 All events feature the following:
- Special activities adapted to a variety of different needs
- Program designed in collaboration with the Emerge Center and Our Lady of the Lake McMains Children’s Developmental Center, and Blind Grace
- Trained Museum Staff ready to answer your questions
- Museum Social Story Guide
For more questions regarding Play 4 All, please email info@knockknockmuseum.org. Visit What’s Happening for the next Play 4 All date and registration link.
Special Features
Recognizing that some children with physical, cognitive, and/or sensory challenges, need a little more assistance to fully experience the museum, we have specially designed features to ensure that every child has the opportunity to learn through play.
Adaptive Play Experiences
Ability Bags & Boxes
We have partnered with the Emerge Center, Our Lady of the Lake/McMains Children’s Developmental Center, and Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired and School for the Deaf to create special museum opportunities for children with sensory processing differences, disabilities, and developmental delays. Our Play for All events offer free sensory-friendly family hours. Ability Bags and Ability Boxes are available upon request at the front desk. These materials provide adaptive play experiences for 10 of our 18 Learning Zones, and each bag is equipped with a communication book, a map of the museum, a visor with a laser pointer to aid in simple communication, and a special button that adapts technology in the zones. Additionally, we have sound-reducing headsets, weighted lap blankets, and some adaptive devices are available upon request from the front desk.
Our special Quiet Cabin Learning Zone offers a place for children to take a break from the busy action of the museum and includes materials to aid in sensory processing, including a white noise machine, books, sound-reducing headsets, and weighted lap blankets.
