Deaf Sports Museum - Survey

[drcy]

Great idea for a musuem. I am currently working as a museum studies practicum coordinator at the University of Washington, and museums these days are big into catering for the sensory handicapped-- and, really, all people who learn and experience in different ways. The Chicago Art Institute has relief versions of some of its paintings for the blind.

I'm currently working with a grad student from Colombia who's final project presentation is on, you guessed it-- identifying, dating and authenticating old photographs. She's got her blacklight and pocket microscope, and we've made digital reprints of many of theoriginal photos for her presentation on how to tell the difference. For the record, she knows nothing about baseball and commented that I use too many baseball-related examples in my books. She also said to me "I'm already very nervous about public speaking, and English isn't even my native language!" I assure her that she'll do great and I understand everything she says.