According to the U.K. Disability Discrimination Act of 1995, museums must provide inclusive access to their facilities and exhibits. Many small, low-income museums, however, cannot modify their premises to provide disabled access, and can satisfy the law by providing a virtual tour. This IQP team, working in London at the Centre for Accessible Environments, visited a variety of museums, conducted research to determine what comprises the museum "experience", and investigated the technologies most suitable to implement that experience into a virtual tour. Finally, the team created a web-based template that will guide small museums in their efforts to provide virtual tours for disabled visitors.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Serano, Peter James
• Verhasselt, James B.
• Dulyan, Aram Armen

Subject

• Culture
• Inclusion
• Computing
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 05D004I

Keyword

• Museum exhibits
• Computer simulation
• People with disabilities--Services for

Advisor

• Menides, Laura Jehn
• Fehribach, Joseph D.

Year

• 2005

Center

• London, England Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Centre for Accessible Environments

Date created

• 2005-01-01

Location

• London

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright