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Dementia-sensitive offerings at the Vienna Technical Museum

Guided tours and workshops in museums that serve to strengthen mental and physical health are also increasingly being offered in Austria.

What art has to do with health – The Healing Arts Week in New York

What if engaging with art were officially recognized as a health-promoting behavior?

Zero Project Shortlist 2026: 13 inclusive art initiatives from 3 continents

For the first time, the Zero Project Call for Nominations 2026 (#ZeroCall26) will recognize inclusive art initiatives as a separate category. Thirteen projects from Europe, North America, and South America have made the shortlist.

Haptic art by artists with disabilities

From October 3 to 30, 2025, the Gebärdenverse association is organizing an art exhibition by deaf-blind and deaf artists at the Alte WU, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna.

Experience colors in Braille – a Romanian innovation makes it possible

A Zero Project Awardee from Romania shows how innovation and standardization can break down barriers for blind and visually impaired people and make colors tangible.

Smart Cities: Inclusive Warsaw 2030 – an event organized by the Austrian Cultural Forum Warsaw  

The Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw understands and implements accessibility as an integral component of contemporary cultural work – we have reported on this.

Call for Papers: International Museum Conference on the Inclusive Museum

The 19th edition of the International Museum Conference on the Inclusive Museum will take place in September 2026 at the Chau Chak Wing Museum of the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia.

Democracy up for grabs: tactile tours of the Austrian Parliament

As of June 2025, the Austrian Parliament has expanded its inclusive offering to include tactile tours.

One object. Many perspectives! Including the online collection at the Salzburg Museum

Accessibility and inclusion are important focuses at the Salzburg Museum – now also in the online collection.

Accessibility at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw

Accessibility is also an issue for Austrian culture abroad.

Inclusion at a glance: The VEM CA app from Brazil

Cultural participation begins with information – this is demonstrated by the Brazilian NGO Escola de Gente with the app VEM CA, another Zero Project Awardee.

Inclusive museums in the Western Balkans: Accessibility through cross-border cooperation

The Balkan Museum Access Group (BMAG) is a permanent working group of 400 museums and museum staff from 13 Western Balkan countries that has been working to break down barriers in museums since 2011.