Free exhibition tours: Beyond the Visual

Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday until 19 April 2026

11:00 & 14:30

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

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Part of Beyond the Visual

An exhibition guide in a bright yellow 'Beyond the Visual' top leads a tour for two blind visitors, one with a guide dog and the other holding a cane. They are all touching a bronze sculpture on a plinth.

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An exhibition guide in a bright yellow 'Beyond the Visual' top leads a blind visitor with a guide dog around an exhibition.

An exhibition guide in a bright yellow 'Beyond the Visual' top and a visitor are touching and listening to flat metal sculptures mounted to a gallery wall.

An exhibition guide in a bright yellow 'Beyond the Visual' top is sat with a visitor at a table in a gallery. Mounted on the wall behind them are four artworks that look like graphical depictions of fireworks exploding.

A visitor with a guide dog interacts with a sculpture, using a small hammer to tap a large ring suspended from a beam. In the foreground there is a stone sculpture with an opening carved in it in the shape of a window.

About these events

Join us for twenty-minute introductory tours to Beyond the Visual, led by our friendly Information Assistants.

In Beyond the Visual, blind and partially blind practitioners make up the majority of participating artists. But as the exhibition demonstrates, this is no barrier to creating ambitious, provocative and internationally significant sculpture.

Every object in the exhibition can be touched, and many also incorporate sound, smell and movement in ways that are playful, poetic and often deeply thought-provoking.

Who are the tours suitable for?

These introductory tours are suitable for a wide range of ages and experiences.

Our staff have Sighted Guide Training, and can help you to navigate the exhibition.

We do not have BSL interpretation for these tours, but we will be running some dedicated tours with BSL interpreters.

When and where

The tours take place every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday while the exhibition is open.

There are two tours on each of these days. The morning tour starts at 11:00, and the afternoon tour starts at 14:30. Each tour lasts around twenty minutes.

Tours are free and there’s no need to book, just drop in and join our tour guide at the welcome desk.

Accessibility

We want to make it as easy as possible for all to attend, so please get in touch if you have any access needs that you would like to discuss before the tour.

Accessibility

Step-free entrance

Our accessible entrance is on Cookridge Street, with a lift (doors 100cm wide) bringing you onto the ground floor of the building.

Internal lift

There is an internal passenger lift (doors 72cm wide) to all floors of the building.

Braille and large print

Braille and large print versions of descriptive text about the exhibition are available at the welcome desk.

Audio guide

Audio guides with descriptions are available for all artworks in the exhibition.

You can pick up a handheld audio player and headphones outside the sculpture galleries, or use your own device by scanning the QR codes next to each artwork.

Induction loops

There are induction loops at the welcome desk on the ground floor, library reception and in the seminar room.

There is a portable induction loop available for visitors to use in the galleries (please ask at the welcome desk).

Seating and quiet space

Seating is available in all of the exhibitions spaces.

There is a quiet space available in a room off from The Studio on the second floor of the building. Please ask a member of staff if you would like to use this space.

Toilets

Outside the seminar room on the basement level we have three gender-neutral superloos (self-contained cubicles with a toilet and sink).

Additionally, there is one gender-neutral, accessible superloo, and one superloo with baby changing facilities.

Changing Places toilet

The closest Changing Places toilet is located in Leeds City Museum, which is approximately a 350m walk from us over a mostly flat and pedestrianised route, with one pelican crossing.

Leeds City Museum opening times and contact details.