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Why don't they translate the notices beside the art in art galleries into Braille? |
Why don't they translate the notices beside the art in art galleries into Braille? In the Victoria and Albert recently i noticed they had a list in braille for the contents of their cabinets. also i recall a while ago (in Leeds City Gallery i think) they had certain works of sculpture that could be touched as well as viewed so that blind people could engage with them through touch. i think as someone above has said, these days they provide headsets to talk the visitors through the galleries which i guess has superceded the braille guide, although this doesnt help if the visitor is also deaf. I think some of the more tactless comments are made by people who really don't get the fact (or indeed probably don't get much!) that art these days is not simply painting, the visual arts has expanded over the last century to embrace all sorts of media and there are many art installations that make use of other senses than just simply sight. I would imagine (hope) that with the amount of public funding galleries and museums receive that they would have braille guides available on request, i know recently all of the main public art galleries in london have had to undergo refurbishment to ensure they all have full wheelchair access, so inclusivity is very high on the agenda. |
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