Marie Clapot

Marie Clapot

Accessibility & Inclusion advocate

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January 2025

Marie Clapot is an educator, sensory museologist and disability justice advocate dedicated to building an accessible and inclusive world. She worked in schools, museums and non-profits.
Marie is currently Head of Tactile Studio US. In that capacity, she spearheads the company’s operations & development in North America.
She served as the Associate Museum Educator for Accessibility at The Metropolitan Museum of Art for over 10 years where she implemented museum-wide strategies to embed accessible and inclusive practices in all aspects of the museum.
She trains museum professionals in the US and abroad, and consults for organizations on accessibility and inclusive practices.

Marie’s publications include “Insights from an educator into crafting scent-based experiences in museum galleries” in Bridging Communities Through Socially Engaged Art, Routledge, 2019; “Musings on healing, museums, and disability” in Museum-Based Art Therapy: A Collaborative Effort with Access, Education, and Public Programs, Routledge, 2021.

Ask me about

the role of olfaction in museum interpretation and expereince

My super power is

making my kids laugh

I'm looking for

meeting and exchanging with colleagues/ moving the field forward

What I love about experience design

playing with my kids hiking, running crafting cocktails inspired from works of art or else..

Best piece of advice I've ever heard

nothing is one person’s work

Where I find Inspiration

the ocean

Practice Area

Exhibition, Public Installation, Strategy/Research/Planning, Wayfinding

Focus Area

Equitable Design, Exhibition, Interactive, Interpretive, Signage

Industry

Cultural, Education, Museums, Recreation, Transportation, Urban + Civic, Visitor Centers