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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/86699

Creation of a Braille booklet introducing “Touching Exhibitions” at the Science Museum : – Open Museum to the Visually Impaired –

日本語

2021-03-31

日本ミュージアム・マネージメント学会

Bulletin of Japan Museum Management Academy

25

39-47

We created a Braille booklet to introduce the information of the National Museum of Nature and Science to the visually impaired, with a focus on the touchable exhibits. First, we surveyed literature on education for the visually impaired, secondly, exhibits in the museum, and thirdly, Braille booklets. The results showed the importance of grasping the whole picture of space and time, the importance of information to get a complete picture of the exhibition room as well as the touchable exhibits, and the benefit of listing all exhibit items in Braille and distributing the information in Braille booklets in advance. We made “Ueno Honkan Visitors’ Guide of the National Museum of Nature and Science”, which focused on the message of the museum’s exhibits and an introduction to all of the exhibits that visitors can experience hands-on, such as the Touching Exhibit, and “List of permanent exhibit items of the National Museum of Nature and Science”, in which all exhibit corners are listed by room. Both were created with Braille and printed characters. It was also found important to explore how people with and without visual impairments using the booklets converse with each other, and how they spend time together inside and outside the museum.

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