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An accessible past : making historic sites accessible
Title
An accessible past : making historic sites accessible / edited by Heather Pressman.
ISBN
9781538168257
1538168251
9781538168271
Publication
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]
Physical Description
xvii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary
"An Accessible Past: Making Historic Sites Accessible to All helps historic sites and house museums understand what they need to do in order to be legally compliant, and then, going beyond legal compliance, find creative ways in which to make their sites and museums accessible to visitors with a variety of types of disabilities"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Accessible past Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023
Format
Books
Language
English
Series
American association for state and local history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Setting the stage
Getting started
Making the past accessible
Small museums, big decisions : balancing accessibility and authenticity at the Jacobus Vanderveer House / Sean Blinn
Accidentally accessible : when historic preservation limitations lead to inclusive innovations / Sarah Kirk
In pursuit of an equitable experience / Heather Pressman
Subway sleuths / Sara Thomson
Accessibility evolving at The Henry Ford / Caroline Braden
Making vanishing structures accessible : providing virtual tours of endangered slave and tenant farmer houses along the Cane River / Megan Reed
On track for access / Elizabeth Nosek
Accessibility at the intrepid museum : challenges and opportunities / Charlotte Martin
Building a history : relationships as accessibility / Jennifer Crane
Creating access for patients and caregivers through museo-medical partners / Kristy Van Hoven
Breaking barriers to history / Selena Moon
Creating an immersive accessible experience at Mt. Cuba Center / Charlotte Barrows PLA and Jennifer Lauer
Toward an acessible future : accelerating disability justice in historic preservation.
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