[BCMA] Accessibility Questions - SPARC BC & SPARC (radio museum) are different

Tue Jul 26 10:16:28 PDT 2011

SPARC BC is not to be confused with SPARC (Society for the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada) which operates a radio museum in Coquitlam. 
http://www3.telus.net/radiomuseum/ 

Colin MacGregor Stevens,
Manager,
New Westminster Museum and Archives,
302 Royal Avenue,
New Westminster, BC,
V3L 1H7, Canada

Phone Office:    604-527-4639
Work Cellular :  604-830-6965
Fax:                    604-527-4641
E-mail: cstevens at newwestcity.ca 
Web Site: www.newwestminster.ca 
Normal work week: Sun-Thurs 9-5, OFF Fri-Sat.

The New Westminster Museum and Archives (NWMA) consists of:
   * City's Museum (est. 1950)
   * City's Archives
   * Irving House (built 1865)
   * Maintenance of the Samson V Maritime Museum (paddlewheel ship built 1937; museum since 1984) 

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This resource is more community based rather than exhibit, but does provide
resources on the issue - also refers to a program called measuring up to
assess accessibility needs.

http://www.sparc.bc.ca/accessibility-at-sparc-bc

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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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