Greetings, Finding ways to give the handicapped access to historic buildings and their contents is indeed problematic. I noted that some federal resources for this problem have been posted to the list, but I thought that listing some of our personal solutions might help as well. In dealing with the large number of senior citizen and exceptional persons Inc. tours that we have pass through we have used a number of strategies in our five historical sites here in Cedar Falls, Iowa. We use a small portable ramp in our Ice House Museum, which is easily kept in storage. We use a similar pair of ramps for our 1920 Service Station. We have a rural one room school house which we have a permanent ramp leading to the entrance behind the building, the ramp is hidden by the building itself plus a bit of creative landscaping. Our Victorian house is accessed through a modern museum annex disguised as an matching carriage house, but while the handicapped have access to the various levels and services of the annex, they only have access to the main floor of the actual Victorian House. To meet this problem we created a photo journal of the areas that they could not get to, as well as a growing series of video projects that they can view in the main lobby. We also frequently visit senior citizen care facilities with traveling lectures with mini hands on exhibits. However, we are still trying to find more creative ways to enhance the museum experience for our challenged guests, so I would not mind hearing more on this subject. Also, while I do not have an E-mail address for their facility our neighbors at the Amana Colonies Historical Museum also have a number of buildings that they also have adapted to this issue. Hope this helps. D.R. Grauberger Cedar Falls Historical Society Cedar Falls, Iowa