Approaching art from a new angle

The Kunsthistorisches Museum recently introduced a unique new service for blind and deaf visitors. A group of three masterpieces from the Renaissance collection in the picture gallery have been transformed into hands-on, 3D relief pictures. High-resolution photos of Raffael's Madonna in Green, Albrecht Dürer's Madonna and Child, and Jean Fouquet's Gonella the Ferrera Court Jester were the starting point for the milled reliefs which provide an accurate portrayal of the masterpieces' construction and numerous details. A braille brochure and tour guides supply additional information on the pictures.

The Upper Belvedere offers special "haptic" tours with detailed descriptions of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's Charakterköpfen busts. The Landleben und Sommerfrische guided tour at the Austrian Folklore Museum gives visually impaired and blind visitors an opportunity to handle a selection of its outstanding wooden and ceramic exhibits. The Roman Museum in the first district is another place where visually impaired visitors are treated to a hands-on experience.

Multimedia guides with Austrian sign language are available for deaf visitors to Schönbrunn Palace, the Upper Belvedere and the Roman Museum. 

A voyage of discovery at the Kunsthistorisches Museum for blind and visually impaired children, teenagers and adults

please register in advance

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum)

Maria-Theresien-Platz
1010   Wien
www.khm.at

Map Accessibility Details

Parking spaces Main entrance

5 disabled parking spaces available.

Elevator available

150 cm wide and 130 cm deep, Doors 99 cm wide.

More information

Restrooms with access for disabled persons available.

Special offers for disabled persons

. Guided tours for visitors with special needs as well as tactile tours for the blind and visually impaired on request (Tel. +43 1 525 24-5202). Three masterpieces of the Renaissance collection of the painting gallery are available to the blind and visually impaired as 3D relief for touching. A brochure with image descriptions of this in Braille is available. Free admission for blind and visually impaired visitors with one escort.

Contacts

• +43 1 525 240
• info@khm.at

Opening hours

• Tu - Su, 10:00 - 18:00
• Th, 10:00 - 21:00

Prices

• Adults € 12
• Young people under 19 € 0

• Cheaper with the Vienna Card

Museum Pass KHM, Leopold Museum, mumok (until 31.1.2012): € 25

A different angle at the Upper Belvedere

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Upper Belvedere (Belvedere - Oberes Belvedere)

Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27
1030   Wien
www.belvedere.at

Map Accessibility Details

Guide dogs permitted

Main entrance

• Main entrance no steps (Swing door 102cm wide).

Parking spaces Main entrance

disabled parking spaces available.
Parking space for visitors with disabilities in front of the entrance at Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, Parking: 10 am – 6 pm

Elevator available

160 cm wide and 300 cm deep, Doors 150 cm wide.

More information

Restrooms with access for disabled persons available.

Special offers for disabled persons

Guided tours for groups in Austrian sign-language and "seeing differently" tactile tours for the visually impaired, multimedia guide in Austrian sign language

Comments

2 elevators reachable via a ramp (staff will provide assistance), wheelchairs available at the cloakroom.

Shop/café: a few steps (staff will provide assistance). 

Contacts

• +43 1 795 57-0
• info@belvedere.at

Opening hours

• daily, 10:00 - 18:00

Prices

• Young people under 19 € 0,00

• Cheaper with the Vienna Card

Landleben und Sommerfrische, Austrian Folklore Museum

please register in advance

Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art (Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde)

Laudongasse 16-19
1080   Wien
www.volkskundemuseum.at

Map Accessibility Details

Guide dogs permitted

Main entrance

• Main entrance no steps (Automatic sliding door 180cm wide).

Parking spaces Main entrance

disabled parking spaces available.

Special offers for disabled persons

Special tours for visually impaired visitors.

Comments

Access to permanent exhibition area and café: no steps, freight elevator to special exhibition rooms (assistance necessary).

Contacts

• +43 1 406 89 05

Opening hours

• Tu - Su, 10:00 - 17:00

Prices

• Cheaper with the Vienna Card

Roman Museum

Roman Museum (Römermuseum)

Hoher Markt 3
1010   Wien
www.wienmuseum.at

Map Accessibility Details

Main entrance

• Main entrance no steps .

More information

Restrooms with access for disabled persons available.

Special offers for disabled persons

Wheelchair rental available, Hands-on objects for partially-sighted visitors. Multimedia guide in sign language available. Guided tours through the permanent exhibition for blind and partially-sighted are available by prior arrangement (Tel. +43 1 505 87 47–85 180).

Comments

Main entrance and shop area: no steps. Rear exhibition area only accessible via 8 steps, excavations below street level Exhibition area on the first floor accessible by use of a stair-climbing device.

Contacts

• +43 1 535 56 06

Opening hours

• Tu - Su, 09:00 - 18:00
• on holidays, 09:00 - 18:00

Closed: 1 January, 1 May, 25 December.

Prices

• Young people under 19 € 0

• Cheaper with the Vienna Card

1st Sunday of the month: Free admission