Field Trip: The MAG

01/28/20 • 7 min

Welcome to this minisode of Color Decoded! This week Erin goes west to Rochester, NY to visit the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester. She meets with Eboni Jones, the Curator of Interpretive Resources about how interactives help to make their exhibits and collections accessible.

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