Museum Accessibility by Design

Maria Chiara Ciaccheri is a museum consultant, researcher and docent, as well as an expert in the field of museum accessibility with a focus on cognitive issues and participatory approaches in adult education. With a background in Museum Studies and Management and an MA in Learning and Visitor Studies in Museums from the University of Leicester (UK), over the last fifteen years she has worked and researched extensively in the field of museum accessibility. In 2014, thanks to a visitor grant, she travelled all over the US, mapping more than a hundred accessible best practices throughout the country. As a lecturer in Museum Accessibility for a number of Post-graduate University Programs in Italy, and the author of many articles and publications on this topic, she often speaks at national and international conferences (including LEAD Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability from the VSA Kennedy Center) and in 2019 she launched the project “Museums for People” to support museum studies and the spread of accessibility practices and awareness through illustration.