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.

Selected Papers

• A Gallery in my Hand: A Multi-Exhibition Investigation of Accessible and Inclusive  Gallery Experiences for Blind and Low Vision Visitors. Matthew Butler, Erica Tandori, Vince Dziekan, Kirsten Ellis, Jenna Hall, Leona Holloway, Ruth Nagassa & Kim Marriott. ASSETS International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility 2023, Best Paper Nominee.
• Making Sense of Art: Access for Gallery Visitors with Vision Impairments. Leona Holloway, Kim Marriott, Matthew Butler & Alan Borning. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019.