ABSTRACT
Art museums are designed to tell their story through a variety of sensory means: spatial dimensions and sightlines, volumes and rhythms, forms, color, light, etc., while their content is communicated through still and moving images and written and spoken words. Museum architecture and interior design need to be more conducive to the efforts of museum administration and staff for the disabled. The spatial layout of art galleries in the overall museum plan was not as influential in the two smaller museums, Phoenix Art and Nelson-Atkins, as it was in the two large museums of the Met and the Art Institute. Museums need to constantly remodel their galleries to accommodate the needs of changing exhibitions; however, if visitors pay the full ticket price, then it is only fair that they be informed of this in the beginning of, or ideally even prior to, their visit via information brochures, signage, and desk attendants, and most preferably on their websites and smartphone applications.
