Art of Access

A Practical Guide for Museum Accessibility

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvHeather Pressman,Danielle Schulz

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The Art of Access: A Practical Guide for Museum Accessibility is a one-stop guide to the incremental ways your museum can build a comprehensive approach to accessibility that can be easily integrated into the fabric of your museum.Highlights include:Consultation with leaders in the field and calling on practitioners from across the disciplines (art, science, history, business, living collections)Concrete examples and specific resourcesPartnershipsPhysical/environmental accessSensory accessInclusive spaces, exhibitions, and programsStaff training and institutional buy-inEach chapter presents practical actions that any museum or cultural institution (regardless of the size, budget, or scope) can take to better engage and welcome visitors of all ages and abilities. This book will illuminate the incremental ways in which accessibility can be easily integrated into the fabric of museums, thus enabling institutions to better engage with audiences who would otherwise not visit the museum.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-04-30
Mått153 x 231 x 15 mm
Vikt376 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor232
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538130513

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Heather Pressman has worked in museum education, development, and communications. She is a founding member of the organizing committee for the Art of Access Alliance in Denver, a consortium working to make Denver’s arts and cultural attractions accessible to all. Danielle Schulz is the senior manager of lifelong learning and accessibility at the Denver Art Museum, where she works with community members to promote inclusive practices that ensure visitors of all ages and abilities can enjoy and be inspired by their interaction with art.

DedicationAcknowledgementsPrefaceChapter 1: Different, Not Less: Essential BackgroundChapter 2: Won’t You be our Neighbor: Partnerships, Part IChapter 3: Nothing About Us Without Us: Partnerships, Part II Chapter 4: Environmental Access: The ADA and Inclusive DesignChapter 5: Not an Afterthought: Cognitive AccessChapter 6: A Spectrum of Experience: Sensory AccessChapter 7: A Whole New World Wide Web: Digital AccessChapter 8: Dollars and Sense: Financial AccessChapter 9: A Word About Words: CommunicationsChapter 10: If You Build It They Will Come: Inclusive Exhibitions and Programming Chapter 11: All Aboard: Professional Development and Staff TrainingChapter 12: You Are on the Road to WelcomeAppendix A: Resources to Continue Your JourneyAppendix B: Questions to Get Started with Museum AccessibilityAppendix C: GlossaryBibliographyAbout the Authors

Heather Pressman and Danielle Schultz have created an inspiring, must-read primer for anyone engaging in the essential transformation of their museum into an accessible and inclusive environment. The Art of Access addresses practical ways to welcome those with diverse physical, cognitive, and learning abilities to an online or onsite museum visit, and in doing so, to build access for all. From consideration of exhibition space, programs, wayfinding tools, and label content to communication styles, budgets, and staff training, this well-researched guide provides stories, tools, and resources for embarking on this critical journey to inclusivity. This publication should be on every current and future museum professional’s bookshelf.