National Institute of Museums and Collections Protection

One of the statutory tasks of the National Institute of Museums and Collections Protection is to support museums in making their collections accessible to everyone – including people with visual, hearing, mobility or intellectual disabilities. To this end, the institute organises various training courses for museum staff. It also creates and makes available its own publications that can help museums to make their collections and offerings accessible to people with disabilities.

The institute’s activities are very helpful to museum professionals thanks to its varied activities. This expert organisation promotes good practices (e.g. recommends competitions for museums), research programmes (e.g. “Statistics of museums”, “Museometer”), creates in cooperation with museum professionals and disseminates standards in various areas of museum activities (digitisation, inventory and storage of museum artefacts, accessibility, security, provenance research), runs financial support programmes for the museum sector (e.g. “Support for museum activities”, ‘Development of museum resources”).

National Institute of Museums and Collections Protection

National cultural institution

https://nim.gov.pl/baza-wiedzy/muzea-bez-barier-dostepnosc-plus

https://nim.gov.pl/

Poland

The Institute performs tasks related to the dissemination of knowledge about museums, public collections. It is involved in setting and disseminating standards in the field of museology and the protection of collections.

Museums without barriers – Accessibility Plus

• Specialised publications, e.g. the quarterly magazine “Tyfloświat”
• Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
• Museum organisations (e. g. Association of Polish Museum Professionals, Association of Museums in the Free Air, Association of Museums and Church Treasuries “Ars Sacra”), German Association of Museums
• Polish museums

The Institute makes its collections accessible by preparing guidelines, organising training for museum staff – concerning the preparation of an offer for people with disabilities, the adaptation of an existing offer or facilitating access to it, the specific needs of people with disabilities and the architectural adaptation of buildings. We also publish publications that can help museums to make their collections accessible.

• “Visitor with special educational needs in the museum space”
• “The ABC of the Museum for Seniors”
• “ABC The disabled visitor in the museum”

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Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

ICOM (including the International Committees on Museum Safety Museums – ICMS and Museum Management – INTERCOM), NEMO (Network of European Museums Organisations), EGMUS (European Group on Museum Statistics), JPI Cultural Heritage, EMF (European Museum Forum responsible for the EMYA – European Museum Award).

The institute organises trainings for museum staff – on how to prepare an offer for people with disabilities, how to adapt an existing offer or facilitate access to it, the specific needs of people with disabilities and the architectural adaptation of buildings.

PL, some resources are available in EN

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