Category: Travel and Tourism
Does anyone know of accessible museums with audio and tactile exhibits as well as audio descriptions for items in glass cases?
If I were you I'd call the various museums you are interested in visiting. Perhaps a private tour could be arranged with a knowldgeable guide. On a related topic, I heard that accessible tours are beeing arranged for the White House. It will be Michelle Obama's voice you will hear on the device for the audio descriptions. Trouble is, you have to get a local Congress person to arrange for the tour before you go. Sounds like a pain in the ass to me.
I have also heard of the White house audio description and will call the museujms as well, just wondering whether nay of you have experienced any of them.
When I visited Washington D.C. I still had enough vision to see the displays and didn't need to consider asking about audio description or permission to touch things. So, sorry, I can't really be of any help.
The SPy museum was not very accessible due to a large amount of glass cases and an audio guide which had to be resserved in advance. I went with sighted people though who read all the case labels. The Air and Space museum was more accessible with brailed and tactile images of the space craft and a large amount of interesting documentary films, which explained many space phenomenon and the history of space exploration. THough there were many cases, my sighted friends read many signs and described some of the rockets which were not brailed/imaged on the sheets.