The innovative events programme has helped transform museum visits for families who need a quieter environment to enjoy the museum, particularly for family members on the autism spectrum or with sensory processing differences.
Fiona is Head of Access and Equity for the Science Museum Group.
We’ve been thinking about sensory access across our sites. The Science Museum Group contains a number of large, often busy galleries with exhibits and interactives to stimulate all the senses, but what are the implications of these for visitors and colleagues with Sensory Access requirements?
In this blog post Fiona Slater, Head of Access and Equity, interviews Jenni Hunt, founder of ‘Our Objects’.
As Audio Eyes gets a major update, we share the story behind this audio descriptive app for blind and partially sighted visitors
To mark Changing Places Awareness Day, and the opening of three new Changing Places facilities at our museums, Head of Access & Equity Fiona Slater explores the importance and impact of toilet activism.