Accessibility

Discover how you can experience the memorial!

Photo: NPS / Kate McCarthy

Welcome

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial welcomes all individuals with disabilities and their service animals! Contact us with any questions or for help planning your visit!

The film "Keeping the Dream Alive" is available with audio description or captions on Photos & Multimedia.

Resources

• NPS Accessibility
• File a Disability Complaint

 

Bollards leading to the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial.

Photo: NPS / Kate McCarthy

Parking

• Accessible parking is available next to the memorial on West Basin Drive.
• Standard parking is available along Independence Avenue.

Access

• The memorial is located along West Basin Drive and Independence Avenue.
• The sidewalks are wide. As visitors approach the memorial from this direction, there are bollards with about 3.5 feet of space between them.

 

Benches surround the memorial for convenience.

Photo: NPS / Kate McCarthy

The memorial grounds are concrete.

Benches (without arms or backs) blend into low concrete walls.

 

A railing stands on the side of the memorial facing the Tidal Basin.

Photo: NPS / Kate McCarthy

• The Tidal Basin near the memorial has a railing for a short section, but then continues on without a railing.

 

The bookstore's interior.

Photo: NPS / Kate McCarthy

Bookstore

• The bookstore is on West Basin Drive, across the street from the memorial.
• There is a button to activate the power-assisted doors to enter the building.
• There is room to navigate around the bookstore in a wheelchair. The floors are made of concrete.

Restrooms

• Located outside, on the back side of the bookstore.
• Split by gender.
• Each restroom has two larger stalls intended for wheelchair users, and a changing table.
• There is a family restroom.
• The water fountain is not functional.

 

The bookstore's information window.

Photo: NPS / Kate McCarthy

Information Window

• Located on the side of the bookstore facing West Basin Drive.