Glasgow Museums is committed to making our collections more accessible. Part of this commitment includes digital access to information about our museums and the objects in our care, and we have designed and built this website with the latest accessibility standards in mind.

There are a number of ways to change text size and resolution of the website to make it more accessible, and the website has some built-in features to aid accessibility.

Text Size and Contrast

On the top left of our website, to the right of the logo, there are six icons, using the letter 'a'. If you hover over them, you will see 'alt tags' that tell you the function each button has. From left to right, they are:

	High Contrast, Small Text Size
	High Contrast, Medium Text Size
	High Contrast, Large Text Size
	Normal Colours, Large Text Size
	Normal Colours, Medium Text Size
	Normal Colours, Small Text Size.

The 'high contrast' buttons turn the screen background black and the text colour to yellow, and remove the images from the site. The ‘text size buttons’ alter the text size only.

Text Size

You can also change text size through the browser functions (browsers are software programme like Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator that allow you to view web pages). In Internet Explorer, you do this by selecting the top level functions under 'View' then 'Text Size' then you can choose either: Large; Larger; Medium; Smaller; Smallest.

Screen Resolution

A third way of changing text size is to change the screen resolution on you PC. In a Windows based PC, you do this by right clicking on your desk top, select 'properties', click on the 'Settings' tab, then moving the 'Screen Area' slider to the left for low resolution (making text size larger) or to the right (making text size smaller). Our website is best viewed at a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels or above. However, you can view it at lower resolution, but this will probably mean you having to scroll sideways on some pages (this will depend on a number of things such as the size of your monitor and what version of Internet Explorer you have installed on your PC. You can download an updated version of Internet Explorer from the Microsoft Website, and other browsers such as Netscape Navigator from the manufacturer's or developer's website. Netscape Navigator is produced for MACS by Apple).

General Accessibility Information

You can find out more about web accessibility by following the links below. All links open in a new window:

Royal National Institute for the Blind Web Accessibility Centre

The UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems. The Web Access Centre give help and advice on accessibility resources through to advice on how to implement website accessibility.

http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_webaccesscentre.hcsp

WAI – Web Accessibility Initiative

WAI, in coordination with organisations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development.

http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Disability Rights Commission

The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is an independent body established in April 2000 by Act of Parliament to stop discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. http://www.drc-gb.org/index.asp

Scottish Accessible Information Forum

SAIF acts as an advisory body to the Scottish Executive on issues relating to disabled people and their carers and their right to access information.

http://www.saifscotland.org.uk/

Plain English Campaign

Plain English Campaign is an independent pressure group fighting for public information to be written in plain English.

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/

You can usually find out more about the accessibility features of your PC and its operating system by visiting the manufacturer’s website.