Accessibility Notes

U-505 In-depth Experience

requires additional ticket

Extended weekend tour of the exhibit and submarine interior.

  • See notes for U-505 Submarine and U-505 On-board Tour.

U-505 Submarine

included in Museum Entry

The exhibit around the submarine.

  • Mobility: There are several flights of stairs throughout the exhibit. Elevators are available to take you between each floor.
  • Loud Noises: Videos and interactives throughout the exhibit feature sounds of explosions, aircrafts, and other wartime footage.
  • Sensory Note: One video shakes the floor of the exhibit to recreate wartime conditions.

U-505 On-board Tour

requires additional ticket

The daily optional tour of the submarine's interior.

  • Mobility: Stairs, uneven floors and tight quarters aboard the submarine make the tour not accessible to wheelchairs.
  • Sensory Note: You will stand in tight and enclosed spaces.
  • Sensory Note: Moments of flashing lights recreating explosions.
  • Low Lights: Moments of complete darkness.
  • Loud Noises: Moments with sounds of bells ringing and explosions.