Archive – Page 8 – Museum Guide

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Design for All – Examples of Accessibility as a Design Task

Whether in everyday life, in products and services, or in public infrastructure, Design for All aims to enable everyone to use them without individual adaptation or special assistance.

Betty Siegel stellt anlässlich der Zero Project Conference 2025 das Rosemary Kennedy Internship-Programm vor. Foto: Maya Wagner and Jose Andre Montano from International Young Musicians photocredits by The Kennedy Center

Art internships for young people with disabilities

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC

Including tour guides at the Dialogue Diversity Museum, Tokyo

The Dialogue Japan Society operates the Dialogue Diversity Museum in Tokyo – a social entrepreneurial project that impressively demonstrates inclusion in the cultural sector.

Erste demenzfreundliche Rapideum-Führung

Dementia-friendly tours at the Rapideum

SK Rapid fans can experience the development of the club and the sport at the Rapideum, the football club's museum in Vienna.

Accessibility at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

At the Zero Project Conference in Vienna's UNO City at the beginning of March, Doris Rothauer spoke with Cathelijne Denekamp from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam about the museum's inclusion strategy.

Accessible payment – a technological innovation

Our partner Mastercard has launched a technical innovation for visually impaired people.

Participate and win!

Martin Bruno Walther, journalist and active on social media under #martinbrunorollt, is an enthusiastic reader of the guide and is once again giving away a few copies of the new edition on his Facebook page.

The “BeauCoup” project – cultural participation without barriers

Older people are often excluded from cultural offerings – be it due to limited mobility, lack of barrier-free access or social barriers.

The second edition of the MuseumsGuide inclusive was presented

During the presentation of the new MuseumsGuide inclusive on January 9, 2025 at the MQ with a high-profile panel, the importance and uniqueness of this project was reaffirmed.

Eine kleine Gruppe älterer Menschen bei einer inklusiven Führung im Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten

Good to know: What does accessibility and inclusion mean in museums

The author and editor of the MuseumsGuide inclusive, Doris Rothauer, talks about the importance, opportunities and challenges of an inclusive museum as well as the different approaches to dealing with the topic.

Führung im Belvedere in Gebärdensprache, Foto Ouriel Morgensztern

Come on everyone, it’s not enough

“Open to the public, barrier-free and inclusive, museums promote diversity and sustainability” – this is a central premise of the new ICOM museum definition.

Das Wangemälde "Woman with Dove" der australischen Künstlerin Fintan Magee in der Wiener UNO-City

Street Art Art for All

Zero Project also aims to make public art accessible to everyone. In 2024, additional important landmarks were created.

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