The biggest part of the contemporary society understands that cultural institutions should be physically accessible for elderly people and people in wheelchairs, but not everyone understands even now what museums can offer to blind and visually impaired visitors.
The experts will discuss the issues of permanent expositions’ and exhibitions’ adaptation as well as approaches to development of programs for blind and visually impaired visitors, the issues of dealing with the community and engaging blind visitors as well as prospects for finding jobs for blind and visually impaired people in the museum sector.