This site is very handicapped accessible with a few exceptions. I didn’t notice any handicapped parking spaces close to the entrance and museum buildings but I may have missed them. There were a few at the farthest lot which wasn’t a long distance away. There were signs for RV parking but we couldn’t find the lot. Fortunately our motorhome is small enough that we could park in the regular lots.
The museum /ticket office front entrance has steps so the wheelchair entrance is at the museum exit. I didn’t notice if this was an easy to open door because somebody was kind enough to hold it opened for us. Once inside you must thread your way through the museum to the front desk – a little hard when it’s busy. The displays in the museum are low enough that I could see them but a few of the cases may be a little high for some people to view easily.
After purchasing tickets we had a choice of taking a guided tour or going on our own using hand held wands with recorded messages. Everyone gets a wand so if you chose the guided tour you are free to also explore on your own. We started with a guided tour but our group was large and we ended up in the back where we couldn’t see or hear well so we decided to wander around on our own.
The estates are across the street from the museum. There’s a crosswalk with a stop light but the amount of time that it stays red is short, about 40 seconds.
The main paths are hard packed sand and shell – fairly easy rolling. All of the major buildings have good ramps. The buildings aren’t opened for touring but the doors are all opened allowing viewing of the interiors through plexiglas. The plexiglas only extends partway up. Standing people can see over the top, people in wheelchairs get a lot of glare.
All in all they’ve done a pretty good job making the estates accessible. Edison and Ford Estates
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