Kingston Assocation of Museums, Art Galleries & Historic Sites

Free - Sensory Bag Program:  Makeing Museums More Accessible - Webinar - 05 Novembe 2024 - 10am-12pm

General admission

Museums serve their local communities and welcome tourists from out of town, but noteveryone who visits has equal access and opportunity to explore exhibits and fullyparticipate in programs. For visitors with sensory disabilities, museum visits can beoverwhelming and stressful. Museums have unfamiliar faces, new activities, bright and/orflashing lights, a range of noise levels, and other experiences that create an overwhelmingenvironment and lead to sensory overload. This makes it difficult to focus on, engage in, and enjoy visits.  Earlier this year, the Ottawa Museum Network (OMN) launched a sensory bag program toaddress these barriers with a grant from the Government of Canada’s Enabling AccessibilityFund. The bags contain tools that support self-regulation, tactile input, attention focusing,and communication to prevent sensory overload, and are now available for visitors to borrowat all 12 museums in the network. This webinar will explore how sensory bags can help remove sensory-related barriers forvisitors, making museums more inclusive. The OMN will provide insights into how theprogram was developed using feedback from community consultations and a neuro-diverseconsultant. They will also discuss the items included in the bags and why they were chosen,while sharing the benefits and challenges experienced to date.

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Museums serve their local communities and welcome tourists from out of town, but noteveryone who visits has equal access and opportunity to explore exhibits and fullyparticipate in programs. For visitors with sensory disabilities, museum visits can beoverwhelming and stressful. Museums have unfamiliar faces, new activities, bright and/orflashing lights, a range of noise levels, and other experiences that create an overwhelmingenvironment and lead to sensory overload. This makes it difficult to focus on, engage in, and enjoy visits.  Earlier this year, the Ottawa Museum Network (OMN) launched a sensory bag program toaddress these barriers with a grant from the Government of Canada’s Enabling AccessibilityFund. The bags contain tools that support self-regulation, tactile input, attention focusing,and communication to prevent sensory overload, and are now available for visitors to borrowat all 12 museums in the network. This webinar will explore how sensory bags can help remove sensory-related barriers forvisitors, making museums more inclusive. The OMN will provide insights into how theprogram was developed using feedback from community consultations and a neuro-diverseconsultant. They will also discuss the items included in the bags and why they were chosen,while sharing the benefits and challenges experienced to date.

Kingston Assocation of Museums, Art Galleries & Historic Sites

Sensory Bag Program: Making Museums More Accessible

General admission

Free