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Folks at any museum who are thinking about incorporating experiences for the blind should watch these videos - especially Describing Colors to Blind People, Intangible Concepts to a Blind Person, and How a Blind Person Uses a Computer. Lots of other good stuff here too, plus you gotta love Tommy's attitude.

Clinical trials showed that the Argus II partially restores the sight of blind people after it is surgically implanted.

This could also be helpful to blind museum visitors

Making indoor spaces (like Museums?) more accessible to the blind.  

1. Denial, and related self-delusions 2. Over-extrapolation, and related linear thinking and modelling 3. Context insensitivity 4. Cognitive limitations (especially regarding complexity) 5. Paradigm blindness, often leading to surprise 6. Subjectivity and related biases

An important reminder of how important the arts can be in everyone's life, and a challenge to continue finding new ways of connecting with all of our visitors.

Museums need to have more than policies regarding access, they need to train (and train thoroughly) both paid and volunteer staff. This story makes me cringe, but I also am not overly surprised. Let's just make sure a similar incident doesn't occur at our institutions!

More good stuff from Geerat j. Vermeij, Distiguished Professor at UC Davis, also a blind geologist. Listening to a Tidepool is a great take on perception and worth the read if you're thinking to incorporate sensory experiences for the seeing and non-seeing visitor.

Another museum that considers all of it visitors!

Would love this tape measure as I replace all the blinds in my windows.  Could see it very helpful in a museum application.