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museums for all really directly
addresses something I think it's in the

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air that we've all been talking about
issues of equity issues of diversity

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every institution should be taking down
those barriers that keep members of the

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community from using your resources by
creating a space where financial

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accessibility is not a barrier we are
practicing the efforts of wrapping our

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arms around a wider demographic in our
community and by opening up the door for

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folks to be able to participate is
really a revolutionary act I think the

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museum's for all has allowed us to
really demonstrate our values and our

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mission as an organization that we are a
part of the community and that we are an

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inclusive and accessible organization
one of the things that we've done at the

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Orlando Science Center is we formed an
advisory board made up of community

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members what's helped us connect into
the community in deeper and more

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authentic ways this is very exciting to
get to see people from all walks of life

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from all around the community to feel
comfortable and feel that this museum is

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their museum since the launch of the
initiative of museums for all we have

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had over 3,000 people purpose for a year
come and visit the museum for many of

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these individuals and families they can
only visit once every quarter or year

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and other coming on a bi-weekly basis
the museum's for all initiatives

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provides a real opportunity to radiate
of a museum in a library and to allow

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individuals of all backgrounds and all
ages to come and experience the beauty

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of our museum's favorite positive
results of our participation in the

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museum's for all program I think has
been enabling members of our communities

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who may not otherwise have been able to
afford a visit an opportunity to learn

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about their history
and to learn about Pennsylvania stories

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there's definitely been some tangible
benefits in joining the museum's for all

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initiative its marketable of course the
most important thing is that were

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managing to reach out to that
demographic that ordinarily wouldn't be

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able to come and visit the museum and
one of our most common phone calls is

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this seems too good to be true is it
really any day of the year and we're

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gonna get exactly the same experience as
someone who paid full price and to be

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able to say yes and have them visit and
then have them share their experience

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and their photos with us after the
visited is really inspiring perhaps the

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biggest benefit that our museum has seen
from being in museums for all is the

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partnerships that we've developed
working together with three other

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museums in Mizzou has been an incredibly
easy way to partner together in

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providing a benefit to our collective
community that goes way beyond what one

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of our organizations can provide alone
museums have so much to offer everyone

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in their communities whether it be just
that the overall experience you know a

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great social time with family and
friends and you know even a little fun

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learning in there as well there are so
many benefits of museum visits for

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children they can provide memorable
learning experiences ignited machination

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it is even more important to introduce
children to museums at a young age just

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having access to museum visitation is so
important thinking in regards to

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children's museums if we can get those
lifelong museum visitors engaged really

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early I think they're going to stay in
the museum world for the rest of their

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lives
the museum's for all program has brought

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a whole new sector of our community into
our museum

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the and we're finding that these
visitors are coming back time after time

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I believe that a machine visa can
inspire the development of new skills

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and interest and ignite creativity
that's enriching and changing someone's

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life but also because it creates deeper
roots and community genuine connections

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with other cultural institutions across
the country and opportunities to reach

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into community extend genuine
invitations in and reframe who museums

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are for
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