The Small Museum Advantage
Small Museum Advantage is a podcast for the people doing museum work with limited staff, tight budgets, and big ideas. Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Rogers, founder of Kaleidoscope Heritage Focus, and a hard-of-hearing speaker with a speech impediment. In each episode, she explores real challenges facing small museums and shares practical solutions, creative strategies, and stories from the field that prove small museums have advantages of their own.
Each volume of Small Museum Advantage explores a challenge facing small museums. First, we examine the problem through real-world stories (Side A). Then we explore practical solutions, lessons learned, and strategies that museums can adapt to their own circumstances (Side B).
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Episodes
Jul 14, 2026
Jul 14, 2026
12 min
What invites someone to visit your museum? In this follow-up to The ADA Compliance Problem, Dr. Jennifer Rogers explains why accessibility is about more than ADA compliance. Visitors want to know if they can get there, participate, and feel comfortable before they arrive. Clear accessibility information builds confidence and creates a true invitation for everyone.
Jun 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026
13 min
What happens when museums focus on compliance instead of visitors?
Dr. Jennifer Rogers explores the gap between ADA compliance and true accessibility, sharing real-world examples of website accessibility, WCAG 2.1, PDFs, and museum communication. Learn why "accessible" information isn't always usable—and why visitors may decide not to come before they ever reach your door.