Cultural institutions play a vital role in enculturating a sense of community. Libraries, museums and galleries can serve as a reflection of the communities they exist within, and are important places for people to come together.

This project seeks to improve experiences within cultural institutions such as libraries, galleries and museums for people with a disability, by applying human-centred design principles to the creation of accessible, inclusive technology-supported journeys.

Working with the community, and cultural partners such as the Bendigo Art Gallery and the State Library of Victoria, we aim to develop supporting materials and a set of evidence-based resources for cultural institutions across the country to help them increase accessibility and inclusion.

The Outcome

We were proud to partner with the Bendigo Art Gallery to present two Access Elvis sessions for blind and low visitors to the Elvis: Direct from Graceland exhibitions.

Selected Papers

• Matthew Butler, Erica Tandori, Vince Dziekan, Kirsten Ellis, Jenna Hall, Leona Holloway, Ruth Nagassa & Kim Marriott (2023). A Gallery in my Hand: A Multi-Exhibition Investigation of Accessible and Inclusive Gallery Experiences for Blind and Low Vision Visitors. ASSETS International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Best Paper Nominee.
• Ruth Nagassa, Matthew Butler, Leona Holloway, Erica Tandori, Kim Marriott (2024). Push, Scan, Tap: Embracing Commodity Technology or the provision of Accessible Information in Cultural Institutions. CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
• Leona Holloway, Kim Marriott, Matthew Butler & Alan Borning (2019). Making Sense of Art: Access for Gallery Visitors with Vision Impairments.  CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.