Art galleries, museums, theatres and libraries
Many art galleries, museums, theatres and libraries offer services to increase accessibility for people with disability. These may include:
- guided tours for visitors with hearing or vision impairment
- Auslan-interpreted tours and services
- spaces allocated to wheelchairs, mobility aids for events and activities
- Smartview: a closed circuit magnifier that enlarges text and images on a colour monitor
- magnifying glasses for use while reading small print
- MAGic—screen magnification software with speech
- table-top magnifiers with built-in lights for library reading
- infra-red sound reinforcement for hearing impaired patrons
- professionally signed and audio described performances (selected theatre shows).
Everyone's needs are different, so you may wish to contact the venue to find out what's available before you visit.
