[BCMA] Accessibility Questions

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For beautifully accomplished interpretive accessibility design, check out or contact the Cincinnati Children's Museum.   They received a multi-million dollar donation to make the place as accessible to as many accessible needs as possible, and came up with many clever, practical and provocative interpretive strategies.   

Even the topic of what are accessible challenges can be addressed in a much larger context than only mobility or sight issues.   In Kamloops, the Mayor's Committee on Accessibility, with a dozen members each representing a different accessible need, proved a great resource when planning a renovation.

Cuyler Page
Curator, Collections and Programs
Maritime Museum of BC
28 Bastion Square
Victoria, BC   V8W-1H9
(250) 385-4222   ext. 106
cpage at MMBC.bc.ca



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We are currently working on a project to make the Gulf of Georgia Cannery more accessible to all visitors, especially those with disabilities. I have a couple of questions that I was hoping some of the people on the list might be able to help with.
   1. Do you offer wheelchairs for use by your visitors? If so, what is
      your policy around wheelchair use?

   2. We are working on a tactile tour, and our specific challenge with
      this is working with large pieces of machinery. Have you done
      something like this, and if so, what works for you? If you are doing,
      them, how often? What kind of response have you been getting?



   3. We are looking to form partnerships with local schools, as well as
      agencies which are run by and for people with disabilities. Do you
      have partnerships like this? Who did you approach and how? What do
      the partnerships look like?


   4. What programs/initiatives are you running for visitors with
      disabilities? What policies do you have in place?


Many thanks for any help you can give us. Please feel free to contact me directly at the email/phone below.


Rachel Meloche (rachel.meloche at pc.gc.ca).

Accessibility Coordinator
Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site of Canada
12138 Fourth Avenue
Richmond, BC V7E 3J1

t: 604-664-9203

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