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Case Studies

A Collection of Case Studies and Demonstration Projects.

(Some you will find included in the Core Content of Modules)

  1. Case Study: Disability and Beauty

  2. Case Study: The Blind by Auerbach and its Reception

  3. Case Study: Performance Art by artist Carmen Papalia

  4. Case Study: Perception & Ability Exhibit

  5. Case Study: Willard Asylum Suitcases by Jon Crispin

  6. Case Study: History Through Deaf Eyes

  7. Case Study: ADA and the International Spy Museum Settlement

  8. Case Study: ADA and the Mount Vernon Estate Settlement

  9. Case Study: Talking about…Disability and Art at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

  10. Case Study: Life Beyond the Label Exhibit at the Colchester Castle Museum

  11. Case Study: University of Leicester work on Disability Representation, 2007/8

  12. Case Study: University of Leicester Work on Disability Representation, 2012-2014

  13. Case Study: Sight Unseen Exhibit of Blind Photographers

  14. Case Study: Aging and Contemporary Art

  15. Case Study: Living in a Sensory World Exhibit Powerhouse Museum

  16. Case Study: Prosthetics in Museums

  17. Case Study: Accessibility and Reputational Risk

  18. Case Study: Exhibit on Disability History “Out from Under: Disability, History and Things to Remember”

  19. Case Study: “EveryBody” Online Exhibit, 2013

  20. Case Study: Well Known Artists with Low Vision

  21. Case Study: Multisensory Experience at Daigo Fukuryu-maru Exhibition Hall, Tokyo

  22. Universal Design Case Study Collection, NEA, 2009

  23. Universal Design Case Study: Canadian Museum for Human Rights

  24. Universal Design Case Study: Objects for Grandparents by University of Dundee.

  25. Universal Design Case Study: Museum Seating

  26. Universal Design Case Study: Design with the Blind in Mind

  27. Universal Design: Way Finding and Design

  28. Universal Design Case Study: Berlin’s Talking Tactile Model

  29. Universal Design Case Study: Multisensory Exhibits

  30. Universal Design Case Study: Indoor Way Finding Systems Research, Italy

  31. Best Practice Case Study: Programs for Children with Disabilities at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR

  32. Best Practice Case Study: Touch Tours at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia


tour inside the Daigo Fukuryu-maru Exhibition Hall

Monet had cataracts, blurry image of v=his vision
benches with places for books

Hand fitted with four-finger i-limb digits.
Hand fitted with four-finger i-limb digits.

push to open door button
MODULE 4. Museum Access: Accessible Physical Space
paperweight with wounded sailors


Docent talks to Blind Museum Visitors
Docent talks with a group of blind museum visitors.


Young women holding ADA signs at Lincoln Center
Young women holding signs outside Lincoln Center at 20th anniversary celebration of the ADA.

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