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LL/113697
Unidentified photographer
1922, 23 November
[People with disabilities in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wing B, 1st Floor, Gallery 40: Cast Collection Galleries]

Black and white photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art
(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Facebook post, 28 July 2021) In honor of #DisabilityPrideMonth, we're taking a (brief) look back at the history of accessible programming here at The Met.
 
As early as 1908, the Museum began offering programs for Blind and Deaf visitors and providing wheelchairs on site. (This photograph was taken in 1922.)
 
In the 1970s The Met established its touch collection—a group of objects meant to aid Blind visitors in experiencing a work of art—as well as sign language tours and tours for groups of Disabled people.
 
A decade later, The Met ?expanded their programming for visitors with learning and developmental disabilities and those on the autism spectrum through the creation of the Discoveries program which continues to this day!
 
Today the #MetAccess program provides a range of activities, classes, and events ?both in-person and online that are tailored to meet the needs of visitors with disabilities.
 
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