The Vancouver Art Gallery has launched described tours for blind and partially sighted visitors, making it the first B.C. museum to offer such services on a regular basis.
The in-person tours are in addition to the pre-recorded audio descriptions that the VAG currently offers for certain exhibitions.
Working with VocalEye, a nonprofit society dedicated to providing greater access to arts for the blind and partially sighted, it now has a team of trained gallery educators who use innovative visual description methods to make its exhibitions accessible.