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PHOTO ESSAY: Making Italy's Art Accessible to People with Disabilities
Italy is improving access at historic sites with braille signs, audio guides, and tactile models to aid visitors with disabilities, supported by EU pandemic recovery funds.
- Recently, Italy expanded accessibility at major art and archaeological sites, enhancing visits for people with blindness or low vision, with Pompeii archaeological site installing new signage for blind and disabled visitors.
- In 2021, EU pandemic recovery conditions prompted Italy to accelerate accessibility upgrades, focusing on removing architectural barriers such as narrow doorways and stairs without ramps.
- Museo Omero in Ancona, founded by Aldo and Daniela Grassini, offers hands-on replicas, while Radici Association uses nighttime walks and role-play to help blind visitors sense monuments.
- Inclusive tourism approaches can expand audiences and spending, advocates say, as blind and low-vision visitors benefit from tactile experiences that reshape art perception.
- Constraints at centuries-old sites create trade-offs as Florence's Boboli Gardens remains only partially accessible and guides use sign-language to aid deaf visitors.
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Italy gets creative as it works to make art accessible for blind people
Italy is making its artistic treasures more accessible to people with disabilities. Michela Marcato, who has been blind since birth, recently toured Rome's Colosseum, using touch to understand its architecture.
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