Open AccessSustainable Museum Access: A Two-way Street
Author(s) -
Nina Levent,
Joan Muyskens Pursley
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
disability studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2159-8371
pISSN - 1041-5718
DOI - 10.18061/dsq.v33i3.3742
Subject(s) - outreach , sight , variety (cybernetics) , criticism , focus (optics) , focus group , public relations , sociology , visual arts , political science , art , computer science , law , physics , optics , astronomy , artificial intelligence , anthropology
Many adults who are blind or have low vision are reluctant to visit museums because of disappointing or less-than-welcoming experiences in the past. To attract visually impaired people to your museum, the authors urge you to make outreach and program development a "two-way street," to solicit advice and criticism from a variety of people who are blind or have low vision. In addition, they share issues raised at focus groups they conducted as part of Art Beyond Sight's Multi-Sight Museum Accessibility Study and its Project Access New York program. Key words Accessible museum programs Blind Focus groups museum audience development