MÚZEÁ BEZ BARIÉR: SPRÍSTUPŇOVANIE VÝSTAV A EXPOZÍCIÍ PRE NÁVŠTEVNÍKOV SO ŠPECIÁLNYMI POTREBAMI

• Authors: Lívia Jamrichová

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Museums without obstacles: Making exhibitions and expositions accessible to special needs visitors

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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It is not only a legal obligation, but also a moral and ethical imperative, that every cultural institution makes itself and its activities accessible to the public which includes people with various special needs. A careful analysis of these needs and the way to address them in a person‘s day-to-day life can be an inspiration for the creation of more accessible exhibitions and expositions. This paper analyses several types of such accessibility-improving measures by type, e.g. a guiding line through the exhibition, labels in Braille, haptic models and audio guides for those with visual impairments, video monitors and sign-language guides for those with auditory impairments, improved physical access for those with reduced mobility and alike. Additionally, the author highlight various small changes to the overall active and passive communication with the visitors that can be improved to access the exhibition‘s accessibility - after all, a well-prepared museum guide can often do much more to increase the visitors‘ engagement with the museum than any special tools. The final section of the paper contains a report on a survey of current exhibitions and expositions which are aimed at special needs visitors.

Keywords

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MUSEUM; EXHIBITION; EXPOSITION; SPECIAL NEEDS VISITORS; ACCESSIBILITY

• Publisher: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, o.z.
• Journal: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 47 – 66

Contributors

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Lívia Jamrichová

• Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta UK, Katedra etnológie a muzeológie, Gondova 2, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovak Republic