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Stories of Inclusion: Responding to Visitors who are Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Blind or with Low Vision
In this recorded webinar, accessibility experts and advocates explore the issues, challenges, and successes of addressing the needs and expectations of visitors and other facility or program users who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, or … -
Stories of Inclusion: ADA@25 and Universal Design at Cultural Institutions
This recorded webinar will help guide you in finding approaches to sharing information and telling compelling stories that can help audiences make meaning of their museum ex… -
Futurist Friday: The Sound of Color
Meet Neil Harbisson. He is one of the 1 in 30,000 or so people born each year with a form of complete colorblindness. You might think of Neil as having a disability–one that impairs, for example, his ability to experience art.But … -
Visitor Voices
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of Museum magazine. A story of accessibility and inclusion The “Visitor Voices” session at the 2015 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo in Atlanta featured stories and … -
Museums and ADA@25
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of Museum magazine. Progress and looking ahead These artworks were on display in “The Art of the Lived Experiment” at the DisArt Festival, which aims to change … -
Turning Museums Inside Out
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of Museum magazine. Opening collections, engaging audiences On a corner near the north entrance of the University of Washington in Seattle, set back from the road and … -
Museums and ADA@25
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2015 edition of Museum magazine. A look back July 2015 marked the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a federal law intended to guarantee equal access for … -
A Bodacious Commitment to Diversity
Yesterday the Mellon Foundation released a report based on the first comprehensive survey of the demographics of art museum staff. For the most part, it documents what we already knew: “professional” staff in museums (e.g., directors, … -
So this museum geek walks into an academic research meeting…
Earlier this month I was in London, participating in the Diversity, (In)equality and Differences workshop organized by the Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities. As I shared in an earlier post, I was one of about … -
Meet Emma, the Docent Dog
I’m having a great time following the many and various discussions on Museum Junction—the Alliance’s conversation forum for members and non-members alike. One recent thread explored service dogs in museums—their role, the regulations that …
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