[CT-NFB] Mashantucket, Pequot, Museum, Research Center

[Mary Silverberg]

Good Morning All,
Nathanael, those are excellent suggestions!
I think he would relish the opportunity and all would benefit.
Mary

On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 9:02 PM Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB <
ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Deb,
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> Thank you so much for sharing this! It’d be awesome to have this volunteer
> who himself is blind come to the state convention. If at all possible,
> let’s give him a place on our agenda. We talk so much about museum
> accessibility; this museum right here in Connecticut is doing it and
> valuing the contributions of a blind person. Even let him know about the
> vendor fair on Friday night; maybe the museum would like a table to present
> a traveling display for our members and other attendees…
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> Nathanael
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> *From:* CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] *On Behalf Of *Esther
> Levegnale via CT-NFB
> *Sent:* Monday, August 07, 2023 5:31 PM
> *To:* NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
> *Cc:* Esther Levegnale
> *Subject:* Re: [CT-NFB] Mashantucket, Pequot, Museum, Research Center
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> hi, Deb, sounds good to me. Esther.
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> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!
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> On Aug 7, 2023, at 3:58 PM, Deb Reed via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
> This museum is coming up on 25 years anniversary this year. It is a
> beautiful space and a recent visit there with our 10 year old twin
> granddaughters was enjoyable. It was accessible for me as the remote comes
> with two types of audio description And one is for the visually impaired
> giving you more than just what’s happening during each scene in the village
> by also what a sighted person is seeing. In the other areas of the museum
> that do not have this audio description there are a couple of mini theaters
> you can go into and sit down and listen to a video on a particular aspect
> of  Their culture. Currently, the only tactile items are pelts from the
> different animals that were hunted. The newly installed surface on the
> outside terrace on the upper floor is very cane friendly and there are new
> grooves to get stuck in. We met a Native American young man who was born
> blind and volunteers twice a week on Thursdays and Saturdays.  His name is
> Mike DAGGETT. He is going to try to attend our state convention in New
> London.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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