
Jan, a DAM docent volunteer, engages with the Art & About attendees to share information about this photograph. [Photo: Lisa McIntyre]
The tour is part of a larger accessibility initiative that, according to their website, seeks “to establish a safe, welcoming, and respectful environment that ensures the widest range of people will enjoy, learn from, and be inspired by their is it to the museum.”
Danielle Schulz, coordinator of Adult & Access Programs at DAM said, “Our Art & About attendees have varying degrees of dementia and the care takers are also looking for some stimulation, so we are constantly finding ways to improve the experience for each of them.”

Docents meet to learn best practices to work with people with memory loss and their caregivers. [Photo: Lisa McIntyre]

Danielle Schulz is the coordinator of Adult & Accessible Programs at Denver Art Museum. [Photo: LisaMcIntyre]
Brant Robert of Evergreen attended to learn more about the program on behalf of Center for the Arts Evergreen. They would like to incorporate accessible programs at their museum.
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For more information on Denver Art Museum’s Access Programs:
Denver Art Museum
100 W. 14thAvenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
720-865-5000
Denverartmuseum.org
DAM Access Programs Link
By Lisa McIntyre
Posted Tue, Jul 17, 2018