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Elise Park posted a new Topic
Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 at 3:02 PM
Sound Exhibit Experience?
The Jackson Hole Children's Museum is expanding our sensory exhibit offerings by adding an outdoor sound exhibit. We're interested in knowing if anyone else has considered, created, built, installed, etc. a sound exhibit. As a hands-on museum, we want this exhibit to have a few different interactive components and would prefer to use recycled materials whenever possible. We're also trying to be cognizant of our neighbors' and staff's sanity in actual sound generation.&n...
Elise Park posted a reply on Re: Accessibility & Language Consultant
Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 at 1:42 PM
Said: Not a consultant, but there are some wonderful resources available from the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired. We aren't based in Wisconsin but their webinars have been great!<...
Kerstin Landwer posted a reply on Re: Hand to Hand (June 2021); The Rise of Loca...
Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 at 1:21 PM
Said: Mary, I am with the convention and visitors bureau now, but I am a volunteer with our local initiative to start a children's museum. I have also worked at an Audubon Center and was in nonprofit work for over 20 years before I joined the...
Mary Maher posted a reply on Re: Hand to Hand (June 2021); The Rise of Loca...
Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 at 1:16 PM
Said: Kerstin, are you at a museum now? If so, do you work with your local Y?
Nicole Wallace posted a new Topic
Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 at 1:08 PM
Accessibility & Language Consultant
Has anyone used an Accessibility and/or Language Consultant to assess your museum's current accessibility initiatives? We're planning on opening our new building at the end of this year and we would love someone who could take a look at our website, exhibit plans, signage, etc., and evaluate how accessible we are as an institution. Online searches have yielded very little results!
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