We are not invisible

Until the end of March, the Typhlological Museum will feature an exhibition with a message that reads: “We are not invisible”, which will mark the 60th anniversary of this specialized, unique institution aimed at disabled persons.

Until the end of March, the Typhlological Museum will be the venue for the retrospective exhibition, “We are not invisible”. The exhibition will mark the 60th anniversary of the museum, which was founded in 1953. Ever since then it has played an active role in helping people with impaired sight to actively participate in social happenings, and in developing harmony and tolerance amongst people.

The exhibition presents a historic overview of the museum’s founding, growth and work through four permanent exhibits. The first exhibit was opened in 1956, while the most recent one dates back to 2008 and it enables persons with special needs to interact by means of touch and sound. The exhibition will contribute to the museum’s basic mission – to reveal and raise awareness of facts and occurrences that otherwise frequently go unnoticed. On the one hand, it enables the public to become familiar with the world of disabled persons and raises awareness of the need to respect differences, while on the other hand it enables blind persons to experience and actively partake in artistic activity. Comprehensibility and accessibility of the exhibits are adapted to suit all visitors, regardless of their abilities or disadvantages.

The first part of the exhibition is dedicated to the museum’s opening and Vinko Bek, the founder of the collection, a great humanitarian and the first typhlo-pedagogue in south-eastern Europe, while the other three permanent exhibits are a chronological overview of the museum’s activities. Finally, everyone is invited to visit this specialized museum, one of the very few in Europe which are aimed at disabled persons, and meet its entire staff who takes credit for its operations.