Weltmuseum Wien

Physical accessibility

Entrance: step-free access via platform lift, parking spaces for people with reduced mobility in the short-term parking zone at Heldenplatz

Inside the building: all exhibition areas are step-free via a lift, manually opening glass vestibule doors, lockers, wheelchair-accessible toilets, cafe

In exhibitions: barrier-free floor, space for wheelchair users, seating

Accessible information and content

In Easy/Simple Language: accompanying booklet in simple language

To listen: audio guide and listening stations

In sign language: No

In Braille and to touch: elevator with Braille

Multimedia: Media stations, listening stations, film contributions with sound and subtitles

Miscellaneous: exhibition texts in large print

Inclusive Art and Culture Education

Target group-specific tours: once a month on Tuesdays, alternating tours for blind people with tactile objects and tours in sign language

Target group-specific workshops: once a month on Thursdays for people with disabilities “It’s about the world” with museum tours, object stories, hands-on objects and creative phases in the studio

Sensory mediation aids: Every first Saturday of the month, between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., the Bright Hours lighting setting is switched on in the permanent exhibition. This lighting setting was developed especially for visually impaired people in collaboration with the Austrian Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.