| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) |
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Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management |
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Heritage.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Preface; I: Cultural policies concerning disabled people, in France and abroad; European policy for the integration of disabled people into cultural life; The policy of the Ministry of Culture in France; Access to historical monuments for disabled people: the policy of the Direction du Patrimoine (French Directorate of the Heritage); Accessibility of historical monuments: a difficult problem; Numerous and sometimes exemplary solutions notwithstanding |
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Arrangements for receiving disabled people in historic buildingsConclusion; 'Cry Freedom' after Attenborough: a review of the work of the United Kingdom Committee of Inquiry into the Arts and Disabled People; Facilities for disabled people in French national museums; The work of the Commission on the Disabled at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris, and the Charter for the Disabled; The 'Handicap and Culture' programme at the Fondation de France: a ten-year assessment; Changing basic attitudes; II: Funding possibilities; Museums and sponsorship; The Fondation de France as sponsor |
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The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust: the ADAPT FundIII: Museums and physical disabilities; Adapting historic buildings to make them accessible to disabled people; The needs of people with walking handicaps. The Association des Paralysés de France; The training of architects in Europe; Ergonomics and museology; Legislation; Basic definitions; Methodology; Moving; Seeing; Handling; Accessibility at the Greater Louvre, Paris; Accessibility at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris; The 'Venice for all' project, Italy; IV: Museums and people with impaired vision; Museums and the visually handicapped |
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The many forms of visual handicapThe Valentin Haüy Association; An introduction to art as a means to a therapy to be practised by disabled and non-sighted people; The blind and museums: choosing works of art for tactile observation; Art and the visual handicap. A role for the associations for the blind, the museums and art associations and the official cultural authorities; A brief assessment of the situation in the United Kingdom; Lateral repercussions; The new technologies in the service of visually handicapped visitors to museums; Access to the Multi-media Resources Centre |
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The system for finding one's wayAccess to permanent exhibits; Paintings and visually impaired people; A partially sighted workshop to study paintings; Living paintings: raised images and recorded commentaries; Touch exhibitions in the United Kingdom; Blind children in the museums of Budapest, Hungary; A current experiment at the Château de Blois, France: visits for the blind; The Museum for the Blind in Brussels, Belgium; Receiving visually handicapped and non-sighted children at the Natural History Museum in Bordeaux, France; Recognizing animals by touch; Recognizing birds by ear |
| Summary |
Essential reading for all professionals concerned with museums and the cultural heritage, with the architecture and design of museums and for those providing service for the disabled. The volume provides access to some of the best practice in the provision for the disabled, and sets out an agenda for future action in museums worldwide |
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The tactile museum at the Lighthouse for the Blind in Athens, Greece |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
International Committee of Museums (ICOM)
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| ISBN |
9781317762089 |
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1317762088 |
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