Wheelchair accessibility:
– adequate door opening widths
– no ramps in front of the main entrance
– no steps or stairs in front of the main entrance,
although there is a 40-cm long inclined plane tilted
at ca. 10%, which can be cleared with the help of
the museum’s assistant, if necessary
– a doorbell for requesting assistance is placed by
the main entrance at a height of 140 cm
– at the back of the building, from the side of the car
park, there is a ramp accessible via a pebble road.
To open the back door it is necessary to contact
a museum employee (tel. 71 356 42 57)

Accessibility for people with hearing impairments:
– information boards and signs have not been prepared
especially for people with hearing impairments,
so they may be insufficient
– no information on video displays or neon boards
– no technical facilities for hearing-impaired people
– no museum employee knowing the sign language
– no visual confirmation of using the alarm in the lift

Facilities for people with visual impairments:
– contrasting colours used to warn against low ceilings
– buttons in the lift can be felt and have numbers
in the Braille alphabet
– the ticket office and information desk are located
near the entrance
– no tactile displays
– no descriptions, announcements or signals transmitted
with sound
– no contrasting marking on the glass doors, first and last
steps in flights of stairs

Facilities for people with mental disorders
or having difficulties with reading
– the ticket office and information desk
are located near the entrance

Accessible for people with assistance dogs

Car park
– parking spaces can be accessed from Strzegomska
Street, after crossing a barrier. From the side of
the car park, there is a ramp accessible via a pebble
road. To open the back door it is necessary to
contact a museum employee (tel. 71 356 42 57).
In order to reach the main entrance from the car
park it is necessary to go up five steps on the right
side or eight steps on the left; there is no handrail
– no parking spaces allotted exclusively to people
with disabilities
– no parking spaces allotted exclusively to families
with children

The lift is wheelchair-accessible
– adequate door opening widths and size of the lift
– the top button is not higher than 140 cm above the floor

The toilet is wheelchair-accessible

Baby changing room

Not all rooms are wheelchair-accessible
– Beautiful Tube, a space for holding meetings and various
public initiatives, is an original spatial installation
whose floor consists of steps situated at different heights.
It cannot be used by people on wheelchairs

Public and educational programmes
Utmost attention is paid by our experienced curators
of the public and educational programmes to prepare
a number of activities accompanying each exhibition,
which are addressed to people with different disabilities.
All Museum employees do their best to help people with
disabilities to move around the building.

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