About This Site
Working together we can make a difference in the lives of all differently-abled citizens. Barriers to living, learning, and working come in many forms, both seen and unseen. The Washington County Rural Heritage Museum is pleased to provide it's online resources to everyone in our community. This website is designed with the goal of offering maximum accessiblity to visitors using assistive browsing technology such text-only readers and voice readers. Our web pages will continue to be reviewed and redesigned as necessary to ensure that they meet or exceed the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Features include:
- Access Key navigation that does not require the use of a mouse;
- Ability to bypass repeating navigation elements;
- Non-fixed font sizes that allow easy enlargement;
- Separation of content from graphics for text-only reading;
- Text descriptions of important graphic elements;
- Accessible forms for visually impared visitors.
Any suggestions you have for improving this site are always welcome and appreciated.
The Washington County Rural Heritage Museum is on one level and meets ADA accessiblity requirements. Individuals with special needs may contact the museum office at 240-313-2839. Deaf or hard of hearing may call 7-1-1 for Maryland relay.
The Rural Heritage Museum would like to thank the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau for their support in making this website possible.
