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Creating The Dot Experience: Prototyping with Sandra Williams

Sandra Williams is a Louisville native, a local advocate, and a woman who is blind. Williams has worked in vision rehabilitation, is a long-term member of...

Creating The Dot Experience: Prototyping with Scott Spaulding

The Dot Experience is a unique, fully inclusive museum experience. Images, sounds, artifacts, and exhibits have each been carefully constructed to ensure every...

Counting Down: One Year Until the Opening of The Dot Experience

With only one year left until the opening of the world’s most accessible museum, there is much to do, and...

Celebrating the First Guide Dog at The Dot Experience

September is National Guide Dog Month. These furry companions play an integral role in ensuring their handlers who are blind...

KSB and The Dot Experience

Nestled beside The Dot Experience, the Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) has been woven into the Louisville community since...

Finding Helen Keller’s Water Pump: An Ongoing Investigation

As APH continues to design exhibits for The Dot Experience, we are working to create the most accurate representations as...

Solid Light: Cynthia Torp’s Unique Model

We’ve been learning about the creation of The Dot Experience through the lens of the team at Solid Light. We...

It’s in the Details: Constructing Accessible Exhibits in The Dot Experience

Designed with accessibility in mind at every phase, The Dot Experience will be unlike any museum experience in existence today....

Creating Inclusive Museum Experiences: The Role of Media Integration in The Dot Experience

We recently had the opportunity to talk with Billy Boyd and Annie Schauer from Solid Light to learn more about...

Content Drives Design as Solid Light Curates an Engaging Visitor Experience

What Will be in The Dot Experience? The Dot Experience will house a world-class collection of artifacts and tell many...

Solid Light Sets the Stage for Inclusivity

A lot goes into designing a brand-new museum. From exhibit planning, to selecting flooring, and beyond, our partners at Solid...

Designed to Include: The Dot Experience Begins with Accessibility

Every aspect of The Dot Experience, from the elevator shaft to the carpeting is being carefully planned, built, and tested...

APH Teams Up with the National Corvette Museum to Broaden Accessibility’s Reach

Helen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Those words rang true...

Connect the Dots and The Dot Experience Cast Provide Perspective on Accessibility and Lived Experiences

Through The Dot Experience and our education series, Connect the Dots, powered by the PNC Foundation, we are working diligently...

Connect the Dots Event Explores Access Through Touch and Texture

On Saturday, July 13th, fifty visitors attended “Touch and Texture,” the latest in our education series, Connect the Dots, at...