Accessibility in Museums: Creating a Barrier Free Cultural Landscape
- When
- Fri May 17, 2019
- Where
- Computer History Museum
- Time
- 6:30pm-7:30pm
- Cost
- $10
- Tags
- Cultural Organizations, Organizations, Health & Wellness, Other Medical
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Description
Museums are designed as cultural and community resources, but are these institutions really available for ALL guests? Are museums accessible?In partnership with the Global Accessibility Symposium, the Bay Area Emerging Museum Professionals (BAEMP) will be hosting a panel discussion on the accessibility of museums on Friday, May 17.
Though barriers exist TODAY, museum professionals, in collaboration with the disability community, are working to make museums more accessible - both architecturally and programmatically. Our panelist ,Anirudh Koul and Anthony Tusler, will discuss what changes are taking place now to make museums, and other places, more inclusive. Both speakers will share about the work they are involved in, such as developing tools for people to explore museums, as well as building community engagement around accessibility awareness.
Tools and communities are changing the landscape now, but how will accessibility morph or evolve in the future? The panel will explore the future of what accessibility in museums for all could look like.
Join us at the Computer History Museum on Friday, May 17 for this important discussion on the future of museums.
Agenda:
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Doors open, Registration and Networking
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Panel Discussion
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM: Networking Wrap-up
For tickets please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/museum-accessibility-creating-inclusive-cultural-experiences-tickets-60887285510. Proceeds of the tickets will go to ASL interperters and other services to help make the event accessible to all.
More information about the organizations involved and speakers:
Bay Area Emerging Museum Professionals (BAEMP) facilitates social and professional opportunities for individuals from museums, zoos, aquariums, parks, historical organizations, nature centers, libraries, nonprofits, universities and companies. We foster meaningful connections within and across backgrounds, disciplines, and institutions.
Anirudh Koul, Head of AI & Research at Aira, Seeing AI founder, TEDx Speaker, Author of 'Practical Deep Learning for Cloud & Mobile', will share how Aira is changing lives of those who are blind, or have low vision. By using the service people are being able to explore new places, like museums, and retail, in a way that they have not been able to before.
Anthony Tusler is wheelchair-using writer, photographer, and community organizer. He advocates for disability culture and better access to disability in the arts, public health, and technology. For 22 years he was the founding Director of the Disability Resource Center at Sonoma State University and helped to launch a number of non-profits, including the Institute on Alcohol, Drugs, and Disability, Community Resources for Independence, Disability Associates, the National Center on Disability and Journalism, and Disability Arts: Bay Area.
Caroline Evans (moderator): Caroline is a board member of the Bay Area Emerging MUseum Professionals where she organizes events focused around museums in the Bay Area and beyond. She currently works at the Computer History Museum as an event coordinator. Along with her love of museums, Caroline is passionate about advocacy, especially mental health and invisible illness advocacy. She believes that museums can help bring awareness to these topics and many others.
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