[Artbeyondsightmuseums] Food for Thought: ThoughtsonInteractive Exhibits

[Reyazuddin, Yasmin]

Hi Tina and everyone, 
For all of you who come to Washington D.C. for the Washington Seminar,
there is one or more places where you can see some models of buildings.
The Smithsonian Institution Building, also known as Castle has a tactile
map of the National Mall with models of all the buildings. The map has
Braille for you to feel. The docent at the castle have two tours on
Sundays. Come and learn all about it. 
Another place in D.C. is the National Building Museum, where they scale
models of all the famous buildings in the nation's capital. 
The Capital visitor center also has a model of the U.S. Capital building
which is touchable. 
One time a professor told me to see art object one can go to the museum
shop and feel or touch replicas of the art objects. 
I hope this information is helpful. There are many ideas, we just need
to find them. 


Yasmin Reyazuddin 
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Subject: Re: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Food for Thought:
ThoughtsonInteractive Exhibits

That would be interesting.

I want to bring another scenario to the table. This one involved a
friend of 
mine and an aviation museum.

In this instance, all the aircraft were behind glass. My friend was 
fortunate to have another family member read her the information about
the 
aircraft, but some things about this scenario really disturb me. If my 
friend's relative had not been there, or was not a good reader, my
friend 
would have not gotten anything out of the tour. But for my friend, it
was 
problematic since she was unable to get a good look at the aircraft.

I know that if I had been there, and had my friend been a bad reader,
I'd 
not have a good experience. I'd likely be asking, "Where's your favorite

celebrity voice talent when you need them?" and I probably would have
gone 
crazy.

While I can understand that aircraft are incredibly large, my friend's 
experience shows why I'm glad we're having this discussion.

While I'm at it, I want to run an idea past everyone. You may know that
in a 
lot of literature, part or all of the story is set in a castle. I am
curious 
about what a castle may have looked like, since I've never seen one.

I'm thinking that with a tactile model of a castle, along with audio 
narrative through a voice labeler, I could create a multimedia
experience 
that would, if nothing, would help me to understand what the story is 
talking about.

I can't help thinking that something like that would have really helped
my 
friend. Any thoughts? Thanks. 


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