The Lower Saxony State Museum Hannover endeavors to ensure that its website www.landesmuseum-hannover.de is in accordance with national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on barrier-free access to the websites and mobile applications of public bodies to make it barrier-free accessible.
This Accessibility Statement applies to the Website www.landesmuseum-hannover.de.
State of compliance with the requirements
As a public body in the sense of Directive (EU) 2016/2102 We strive to ensure that our websites and mobile applications comply with the provisions of the Lower Saxony Disability Equality Act (NBGG) as the Lower Saxony Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (NBITVO) to implement the Directive (EU) 2016/2102 to make it barrier-free accessible.
The websites are largely compatible with the requirements of the harmonized European standard EN 301 549 V 3.2.1. The incompatibilities or exceptions, as well as their reasons, are listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is not yet accessible for the following reasons:
Incompatibility with legal requirements
- Not all elements that are visually recognizable as headings, lists and tables have been marked up as HTML elements. The hierarchy of HTML heading elements used is not logical. This makes it difficult for blind people to orient themselves on the page.
- Some images have no meaningful or misleading alternative texts. Blind people cannot therefore understand the content of the images.
- Some graphical controls on the page do not have a name that can be determined programmatically. This means that their function is not clear to blind people.
- Some text links on the page do not correctly identify the target or purpose of the link in the programmatically determined name. This means that they cannot be activated via voice input. Even blind people don't know where the links lead.
- The contrast between text and background color is not sufficient in all cases. This makes it difficult for people with poor eyesight to recognize the texts.
- The contrast of some controls to adjacent colors is not sufficient in all cases. This makes it difficult for people with poor vision to recognize the controls.
- The help tool on the site is not barrier-free. People with disabilities may not be able to enable accessibility features.
- Some website controls cannot be accessed via keyboard, such as the central search. Blind people and people with limited motor skills cannot operate the site using the keyboard alone.
- The order in which elements are controlled with the keyboard is not consistently understandable.
- Some labels are not linked to subsequent form elements. This means that required entries in forms are not understandable for blind people.
- Not all input fields that relate to user data have an autocomplete attribute implemented. This makes it impossible for blind and motor-impaired people to enter data more easily by adopting input suggestions.
- Incorrectly completed or missing mandatory entries in forms are not highlighted. This makes identifying the incorrect fields more difficult.
- Error messages in form elements cannot be determined programmatically. This means that they are not noticeable to blind people.
The website of the Lower Saxony State Museum Hannover will be adapted and optimized to the EU Directive 2016/2102 on the implementation of barrier-free internet for public bodies. The identified deficits and deficiencies are currently in a continuous improvement process that is being gradually addressed.
Creation of this accessibility statement
This declaration was made on October 23, 2023 on the basis of the model declaration on accessibility from the State Commissioner for People with Disabilities in Lower Saxony and an external test in accordance with the specifications of the harmonized European standard EN 301 549 (V 3.2.1) by the company msg.BiN GmbH created.
Feedback and contact details
You can report deficiencies in compliance with accessibility requirements and obtain information about content that is excluded from the statutory provisions via the following contact: dennis.wildenradt@landesmuseum-hannover.de
arbitration procedure
If you do not receive satisfactory answers from the above contact option, you can contact: Arbitration Board, set up with the State Commissioner for People with Disabilities in Lower Saxony, an application to initiate arbitration proceedings according to the Lower Saxony Disability Equality Act (NBGG) . provide
The arbitration board according to Section 9 d NBGG has the task of resolving disputes between people with disabilities and public bodies in the state of Lower Saxony on the subject of accessibility in IT. The arbitration procedure is free of charge. There is no need to involve legal counsel.
You can contact the arbitration board directly at:
Telephone: 0511/120-4010
E-mail: conciliation office@ms.niedersachsen.de
Additional information (optional content according to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1523)
www.landesmuseum-hannover.de Goes beyond the legally required level of accessibility with the following components and functions, whereby WCAG priority AAA criteria are also partially met:
- A reading function is provided.
- The site offers users the opportunity to adapt the appearance to individual needs, including settings for font size, line spacing, content size, word spacing and color settings.
- A magnifying glass function is available.
Keyboard users are recommended to activate the “Keyboard Control” function in the accessibility settings for easier use.
Notes
- The declaration on accessibility according to Section 4 NBITVO must be published in a barrier-free and, if necessary, machine-readable format. It must be accessible to websites from the home page and from every other page of a website.
- The accessibility statement must be updated whenever there are significant changes to the website or mobile application, but at least annually. The first created declaration on the accessibility of a website or mobile application must be communicated to the state monitoring body for the accessibility of information technology (§ 4 NBITVO (6)).
