Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
What is it?
The Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac provides several devices for ensuring the exhibition accessibility to the various target groups.
For the persons with hearing impairment, there are screens with sign language explanations.
For the persons with cognitive disorders there are room labels/ sheets in simple language.
For the persons with little mobility there are chairs on the way which they can use to rest for a while.
For the general public interested in special collections such as the one of music instruments, there is a special installation facilitating the accessibility of the items stored at sight, in a glass wall storage room.
Why is it important? / How can it help the professionals of the cultural sector?
The museum professionals become much more responsible and aware of the needs of their museum visitors. These needs can vary significantly from one category to another and museum professionals need to know how to do this. They should duly treat these diverse needs so that visitors can benefit from a really targeted experience, that takes into account.
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Where (country / region)
Type of institution
Permanent or temporary exhibition / project
Date
Physical / digital
Public targeted
- Persons with little mobility
- Public with cognitive disorders
- Deaf or hard of hearing persons
- General public interested in delicate collections
Device/ inclusive features
- There are chairs to help the little mobility persons, chairs that are very neutrally integrated into the circuit in a way that is not disturbing the other visitors and is also very useful and immediately available.
- Simple language sheets for each topic
- There are tv screens with sign language explanations
- Sound installation for experiencing the music instruments preserved in the glass wall storage room
Collaborations / partners
Funding
Replicability/adaptability
The concept can be adapted in all interested exhibitions/ museums, so that special need visitors’ experience can be fully facilitated.
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Results / impact
The museum becomes much more visitor-oriented, taking into account the real needs of the persons visiting the establishment.
Testimonials
“I think the chosen solution for making the music instruments accessible to the general public is particularly useful, being interactive, filling the surrounding space and stimulating the senses at the same time. It can also be used by blind people who, with the help of a mediator, can place their hand on the indicated spot and enjoy an acoustically augmented experience.” Coralia Costaș, visitor of the museum in March 2024