United States of America v. The International Spy Museum - Settlement Agreement

28. Within twelve months of the effective date of this Agreement (as defined in Paragraph 45), and throughout the life of the Agreement, the Museum agrees to do the following:

Doors:

a. Main Lobby restroom: provide a restroom vestibule door with at least 18" of maneuvering clearance on the latch side of the door. See Standards § 4.13.6.

Ramps:

b. Provide handrails on each side of the ramps at the following locations:

i. "Suspicious Minds" Exhibit ramp leading to the exhibits; and
See Standards § 4.8.5(3).

Seating:

c. i. Provide integrated wheelchair seating areas for two wheelchairs and two companion seats at the following locations:

a. "21st Century" Theater;

b. "Briefing Room" Theater; and

c. "Cloak and Dagger" Theater.
See Standards §§ 4.1.3(19)(a) and 4.33.3.

c. ii. Ensure that at least 5% of the fixed table seating but not less than one table is accessible to wheelchair users in the Spy City Café. See Standards § 5.1.

Toilets:

d. i. Provide an 18" distance between the side wall and the toilet centerline of the men's toilet room in the Banquet area. See Standards § 4.16.2.

d. ii. Provide a toilet seat cover dispenser in the women's toilet room in the Special Exhibit Space that is mounted within the allowable reach ranges. See Standards §§ 4.2.5 and 4.2.6.

Auxiliary Aids and Services

Printed material:

e. Provide all printed materials that are available in the Museum itself in accessible formats (i.e., Braille, large print, audio recording, or in accessible electronic format on disk, CD-Rom, DVD or on the web), from the date they are officially made available to the public. See 28 C.F.R. § 36.303.

Maps/floor plans:

f. Provide at the front desk for use during the Museum visit an up-to-date tactile map of the Museum's current floor plan, including temporary exhibitions, changes to the permanent exhibition and areas under repair or renovation. See 28 C.F.R. § 36.303.

Tactile objects:

g. Provide a representative sample of objects, models, and/or reproductions of objects to communicate the main themes of the exhibitions for tactile examination. Objects, models, and/or reproductions must be accompanied by audio description, and mounted in the exhibition. The Museum may also present a well-advertised separate tour to walk-in visitors and upon advance request. See 28 C.F.R. § 36.303.

Audiovisual programs with uncaptioned audio tracks:

h. Provide captions for all audiovisual presentations in permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as for all public programs. If captioned versions of audiovisual presentations shown during public programs, touring exhibitions and special events are not available advertise that sign language, oral interpreters assistive listening devices and realtime captioning are available upon advance request. See 28 C.F.R. § 36.303.

Audio-only programs with uncaptioned audio tracks:

i. Provide captions for all audio-only programs in permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as for all public programs. If captioned versions of audiovisual presentations shown during public programs, touring exhibitions and special events are not available advertise that sign language, oral interpreters assistive listening devices and realtime captioning are available upon advance request. See 28 C.F.R. § 36.303.