'Everyone on board?'
How accessible is culture today?

WUK wants to make culture accessible to everyone. That's why we're assessing cultural accessibility in Belgium. Take part and receive a free, no-obligation accessibility visit.

Today, accessibility goes far beyond physical barriers. It's about inclusion, age, language, disabilities — and feeling welcome, understood, and seen.

Thibault, our Co-Founder, has been running The Bruges Beer Experience for 11 years. Because his building is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, he was unable to install an elevator. So he looked for other ways to improve accessibility: he built an app that allows visitors — young or old, in 11 languages, with or without disabilities — to follow a fascinating route independently. More than 100,000 people now use this system every year, without a guide but with a personal experience.

WUK was born out of this learning experience. Over the past year, we spoke to more than 70 museums, cities, and experts about the question: how can we make culture truly accessible, even with limited resources?

This led to the project ‘Everyone On Board?’: a shared process in which museums do not have to search or experiment separately. We think together, test, share insights, and build solutions that work and are transferable. Each museum chooses how it participates.

A recent example of this is currently underway at S.M.A.K. Ghent, where we are developing an accessible route for blind and visually impaired visitors, fully integrated into their own collection and narrative.