The whitney museum of american art will launch a three-phase project to assess, update, and deploy interpretation strategies geared toward visitors with disabilities, particularly those who identify…

The Whitney Museum of American Art received a $532,438 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301) to assess, update, and deploy new interpretation strategies to enhance accessibility for visitors with disabilities. The two-year project will develop standards for accessible digital interpretation of the museum's time-based media works, focusing on visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind or have low vision, have ambulatory disabilities, or are neurodivergent. The museum will work with an advisory committee, focus groups, and an evaluator to complete a needs assessment and iterative evaluation process, resulting in institutional guidelines for accessible interpretation and standards for preserving these digital materials. This project will inform the museum's future accessible digital interpretation for its entire collection.

The whitney museum of american art will launch a three-phase project to assess, update, and deploy interpretation strategies geared toward visitors with disabilities, particularly those who identify as D/deaf and hard of hearing, blind and with low vision, with ambulatory disabilities, neurodivergent, and more. The project will develop new standards for accessible digital interpretation and implement them across new materials focused on approximately 50 time-based media works. A cross departmental museum team will work with an advisory committee, focus groups, and an evaluator to carry out a user-centered iterative evaluation process, including completing a needs assessment. As a result, the museum will have institutional guidelines for accessible interpretation and standards for preserving these digital materials. This project will also inform the museum's future accessible digital interpretation for time-based media and all other forms of art.