Hello, Yes, museums in the United States of America are designed to be blind friendly too. I visited the aviation museum in Washington DC last year and the airplanes hanging at the ceiling are represented in tactile format in a booklet with Braille indication. I found this so fascinating that I brought the story with me back to Mauritius telling it to everyone.
Regards, Aarthi On 7/17/15, Manish Agrawal <[email protected]> wrote: > I visited Some art museums in florance, Italy and had a similar experience. > I was able to wear gloves and touch most of the sculptures. They had > interestingly created several famous paintings in relief on plaster of paris > tablets that they said were very close replicas and that I could touch and > get a sense of the original art work. It was a truly fascinating > experience. > > -Manish > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of avinash shahi > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 9:07 AM > To: accessindia > Cc: rajesh kumar > Subject: [AI] Washington Post: At some museums, blind visitors can touch the > art > > The list of the museums given in the article is very handy. > Moreover,interestingly they are celebrating 25 years of ADA this month and > we will be celebrating 20 years of the PWD Act in the upcoming December. And > they got azadi in 1976 and we got in 1947? so who is more progressive? > Anyway just a funny analogy hmm? > Read this amazing post: and those who are working with the National museum > for making it accessible do share with the concerned officials. > http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/at-some-museums-blind-visitors-can-touch-the-art/2015/07/09/df4a5bba-fd6d-11e4-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html > Pasting only URL intentially no text please. > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
