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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.

Experience inclusive art and culture barrier-free with the new Museums Guide

The new edition of the Museums Guide Inclusive provides an overview of the accessibility and inclusion offerings of Austria's museums.

Accessibility and Inclusion in Museums

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

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.

Street Art Art for All

Zero Project also wants to make art in public spaces accessible to everyone. In 2024, further important landmarks were created.

For a culture of inclusion

The Essl Foundation supports inclusive art projects and, with the Zero Project, is searching worldwide for innovations that enable people with disabilities to create and experience art.

Old art retold

The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna has its own app that allows visitors to take a low-threshold look beneath the surface of works of art and behind the scenes of the museum.

When elevators become works of art

The fact that elevators are not only a means of transport, but can also be unusual design objects with an experiential character, is impressively demonstrated in Hanover.

Energy for inclusion

Art is diverse. People are diverse. Work is diverse. VERBUND is diverse.

Art for all people (Easy Language)

(This article was translated into easy language by capito.) The Essl Foundation is an organization.

The Museums Guide inclusive provides for the first time an overview of accessibility and inclusion in Austria's museums

If you were previously looking for offers regarding accessibility and inclusion in museums, you had to laboriously research on the Internet or call the museum directly.