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Programs for the handicapped at air and space museum.

The article reports that the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, has been designed to provide accessibility to disabled persons. Special wheelchairs with rotating mirrors are provided. Raised line drawings of museum artifacts, with captions written in braille, allow blind people to v...

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Published in:Exceptional Children Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 117 - 119
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Oct1976
Subjects:
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
Museum buildings
Accessible design
Architecture
Arts facilities
Museums
Wheelchairs
Braille
Teletypewriters
Washington (D.C.)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article reports that the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, has been designed to provide accessibility to disabled persons. Special wheelchairs with rotating mirrors are provided. Raised line drawings of museum artifacts, with captions written in braille, allow blind people to visit the museum. Teletypewriting machines can be used by deaf people to communicate with the museum's information desk. The museum has been given a federal grant to study museum education programs for handicapped children.