Access Guide
Overview
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Getting In and Around
View
- There is step-free access via ramp at the most accessible entrance.
- There is step-free level access throughout.
- Access throughout may include narrow walkways.
- There are no toilet facilities.
Entrance
- This entrance is located at the front of the museum.
- The entrance area is clearly signed.
- There is not a canopy or recess which provides weather protection at the entrance.
- There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
- The ramp has a steep gradient.
- The ramp is over 150cm wide.
- There are no handrails for the ramp.
- There are double manual doors.
- The doors are permanently held open.
- The width of the opening is 166cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the opening.
- The doors have a low colour contrast.
Exhibition Space
- The area is indoors.
- There is step-free level access throughout all areas.
- There is room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre.
- The walls and floor have a high colour contrast.
- There is no (or very little) background noise in this area.
- Lighting levels were uneven at the time of the survey, with pools of light and shade.
- Display information includes: pictorial and information boards.
- There is not a hearing assistance system.
- Seating available in this area includes: chairs with armrests and chairs without armrests.
