Accessibility statement

We are committed to making our website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. We want as many people as possible to be able to use our websites and work is continuing to fulfil this aim.

In the meantime, on the enginemuseum.org website, you should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts.

  • Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen.

  • Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard.

  • Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software.

  • Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS and VoiceOver).

We are also working to make the text on our website as simple as possible to understand. We are working towards writing in plain English and explaining technical terms wherever possible.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible is our website?

Some content on our websites is not fully accessible because:

  • Some images do not have image descriptions.

  • Any PDF and Microsoft Office documents on the website are not fully accessible to screen reader software. Where these occur, we have tried to always provide a web (HTML) version of the document too.

  • Videos embedded on the website do not have captions or audio descriptions.

We are working hard to address these problems as we explain in the Disproportionate Burden section below.

Feedback and contact information

If you have any feedback regarding the accessibility of our website, we'll do our best to support you. Please email us at enquiry@enginemuseum.org, or fill out our online contact form.

Please provide us with:

  • The web address (URL) of the content you need help with

  • Your name and email address

We welcome your feedback. We will aim to get back to you in 21 days.

Please be aware that, unfortunately, as we are a small charity with limited resources, we are unable to provide information from our website in different formats such as accessible PDFs, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of our website, and we have tried to provide an accurate summary of how our website currently meets accessibility requirements.

However, there may be issues we are not yet aware of. If you find any problems not listed on this page, or you think we're not meeting accessibility requirements in any way, please email us at enquiry@enginemuseum.org, or fill out our online contact form.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the 'Accessibility Regulations'). If you have raised any accessibility issues with us and you're not happy with our response, please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Contacting us to visit in person

If you need any assistance or information to help you plan a visit to the Museum, please contact us:

You can also read our disability access statement (museum) page for more information.

Technical information about our website's accessibility

The Anson Engine Museum is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The British Museum website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, because of the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The following list provides details of the content on the enginemuseum.org website which is currently non-accessible. We are working to address the issues listed below and will update this statement as necessary.

Non-compliance with the Accessibility Regulations

  • Our website is currently being assessed for compliance (June 2023). We will update this section as soon as this assessment is complete.

Disproportionate burden

  • Our website is currently being assessed for compliance (June 2023). We will update this section as soon as this assessment is complete.

Content that is not within the scope of the Accessibility Regulations

PDFs and other documents

Many of our older PDFs and Microsoft Office documents that you can view from our website do not meet accessibility standards. For example, they may not be structured in a way that makes them accessible to a screen reader. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and relationships).

The Accessibility Regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018. Any new PDFs we publish will either meet accessibility standards or have an HTML equivalent.

Pre-recorded media

Some older videos embedded on our website do not have captions or an Audio Described alternative. Where the video is not providing similar information in a different form, this fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.2 (Captions) and/or WCAG 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Pre-recorded).

The Accessibility Regulations do not require us to fix pre-recorded time-based media published before 23 September 2020. Any new video content we add to this website will meet accessibility standards.

Third party content

We use some third-party services on www.enginemuseum.org. The design and implementation of these are not under our control, and therefore they are exempt from the Accessibility Regulations. However, we make them accessible where we can and raise any other issues with the supplier. These include:

  • Google Maps (interactive maps)

  • YouTube (video content)

What we're doing to improve accessibility

We are committed to providing a website that is accessible to all and we are working hard to achieve that, but the fact that we are such a small charity provides a number of challenges.

We are:

  • Continuing to liaise with our website platform provider, SquareSpace, to make sure that any accessibility issues we find as we continue to develop our website are raised as early as possible.

  • Continuing to listen and respond to feedback from the users of our website and visitors to the museum.

  • Making sure that volunteers who update and create content for the website have accessibility training.

  • Raising general accessibility awareness across the Museum.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 22 June 2023.

Our website is currently being assessed for compliance (June 2023). We will update this section as soon as this assessment is complete.