Manager of Access Initiatives
Challenge
The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) seeks to create a model culture of belonging, which requires moving beyond compliance and towards creating the most disability-friendly historic art museum in the United States.
Actions
Through a previous capital campaign, TMA raised endowment funds to support infrastructure projects related to accessibility. In order to best utilize those funds, the Museum sought a joint venture with The Ability Center of Greater Toledo (ACT), whose vision to is to turn Toledo into the most disability-friendly community in the country. Given the alignment of institutional visions, ACT and TMA signed a multi-year memorandum of understanding to co-fund a new role, the Manager of Access Initiatives, whose job will entail a full audit of TMA’s operations and, with ongoing assistance from ACT, implementation of his/her/their recommendations using the existing endowment funds.
Outcomes
The partnership will be publicly announced on 2 February 2021 with a concurrent job posting for the Manager of Access Initiatives. The incumbent is expected to start in early Q2 2021 to help drive accessibility initiatives outlined in the Museum’s strategic plan.
Contact
Adam Levine
Quote
We could not be more thrilled about this first-of-its-kind partnership with the Ability Center of Greater Toledo. Together our work will create a more inclusive museum and help move the needle in the community we both serve towards ever-greater accessibility.