Achieving Access: Designing a Museum Accessibility Consulting Firm

<p>This capstone paper explores the need for an accessibility consulting firm to help museums and cultural institutions implement Americans with Disabilities Act policy adherence, universal design and accessible programming that increases the inclusion of people with disabilities in their organizations. The paper begins with a literature review that synthesizes the history of disability legislation and its relationship to museums, explores how museums can go beyond legal compliance and discusses the infrastructure suggested to implement accessibility efforts in an institution. The paper then proposes a project to create an accessibility consulting firm that assists museums in achieving their accessibility goals and the design of an “Accessibility Toolkit” that packages checklists, policies and program curriculum that is customizable to each institution. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Museum Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Museum Studies

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Garnese, Lauren J

Contributors dc:contributor

• Marjorie Schwarzer

• Accessibility
• Museum Studies
• Consultant
• Americans with Disabilities Act

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/474

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1498