How to create a museum access page

Description

How to create a museum access page

5 November, 10-11.30am

Do you want to create a museum access page, or review the information you already provide?

About this training

In the 2025 Euan’s Guide Access Survey, 85% of respondents stated that clear and accurate disabled access information would be the single most effective way to reduce time and stress before making a visit. A good access page acts as a central hub for this information, allowing visitors to quickly and easily find out what they need ahead of a visit. Families with additional needs are clear about the value access pages add to a visit before they step through the door.

“The website is excellent, one of the best I have ever seen. It is very clear about accessibility.”

Family Friendly Museum Award undercover family judge (Best Accessible Museum category)

This session will be delivered in partnership with VocalEyes. VocalEyes’ mission is to bring art and culture to life for blind and visually impaired people at theatres, museums, galleries, heritage sites and online. In 2022 and in partnership with Stagetext, Autism in Museums and the Centre for Accessible Environments, VocalEyes published a report highlighting the importance of online access information for the UK museum and heritage sector.

This session will help you to:

• learn why having an access page is important for a range of visitors to help plan their visits,

• understand best practice around essential website access information and how to present it,

• learn how to make information on your whole museum website more accessible to a wide range of people,

• gain inspiration from good practice examples to inform your own access pages.

See the full schedule below.

About the trainers

Kirin Saeed has over 30 years’ experience of working in the disability sector as a disability consultant focusing on access to museums, galleries, heritage sites and theatres. She has worked with museums throughout the UK such as Tate Britain and National Galleries of Scotland. Through her lived experience as a visually impaired customer, together with gathered knowledge of the visually impaired community, Kirin offers practical realistic solutions and hopes that one day access provision will be the norm for all blind and partially sighted people.

Caspian Turner is Director of digital accessibility consultancy Accessible by Design. Through Accessible by Design and his own consultancy work, Caspian helps arts sector organisations and technology partners design, build and maintain accessible websites, applications, and digital communications. Before starting Accessible by Design, Caspian held in-house roles at Glyndebourne and Southbank Centre. He is a member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals and an accredited Web Accessibility Specialist.

This training event will be delivered virtually on Zoom over one and a half hours.

Who should attend?

This training is aimed at staff at museums, galleries and heritage sites who are interested in improving the access information on their website for all visitors.

VocalEyes is funded by Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund.