Black Archives of Mid-America, Inc.

Black Archives of Mid-America will develop and implement an audio component for its permanent exhibition, "With My Eyes No Longer Blind," allowing all visitors to experience the supplemental educational information typically provided by a tour guide. Meeting the demand of personal, guided tours is a challenge for the professional staff of four, and the audio guide will allow the museum to devote more time to engaging its growing audiences through community engagement activities and educational programming. The audio guide will provide visitors with interactive and entertaining elements using scripted narrative and factual historical data and information. Project evaluation will involve the creation, administration, and evaluation of a visitor assessment tool that will be used to determine the degree to which the audio tool enhanced the educational component of the exhibition and overall visitor satisfaction.