Testimonials

 

Working with Philly Touch Tours has had a profound impact on how I think about visitor engagement in museums - not just regarding blind and visually impaired visitors but ALL museum visitors.  I will never see the world in quite the same way again, and all our programming going forward will be richer because of this connection. I can’t thank-you enough!

                                                                                                            - Jacqui Bowman, Director, Center for Education, Mütter Museum

 

I wanted to extend my gratitude for your time, your thoroughness, and your warmth. The experience our staff had doing the Touch Tour training with you was truly transformational! I've never experienced anything like it - it is a completely different way of experiencing the world. It was such a great pleasure to work so intimately with your wonderful staff and to see the Penn Museum in a totally different light. I don't think I'll ever forget it! It really helped us understand how blind and sight-impaired people learn, and gave us incredibly important insight into making our collection more accessible. It was absolutely invaluable!" 

         - Meredith Sellers, Arts and Accessibility Programs Coordinator at the Mütter Museum and College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 

Weeks after our Disability Etiquette Training with Philly Touch Tours, my colleagues at the Library continue to praise it.  The personal and interactive experiences with the trainers fostered a learning environment in which congeniality, openness, and insight predominated. Their unintimidating approach to provide us with practical methods to help us to continue to evolve into a more accessible institution had an invaluable effect on the staff.

 

              - Erika Piola, Associate Curator, Prints and Photographs Department, Co-director,  VCP at Library Company of Philadelphia