Increasing the accessibility of museums and galleries

for people with disabilities

Sarajevo, 13 October 2014 - Foundation Cultural Heritage without Borders
(CHwB) and Balkan Museum Network (BMN) in the next 12 months will
Implement the the project "People with disabilities in museums."
The project will be implemented through a three-day training workshops in
Mostar, Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Tuzla and Zenica, and the participants will be
museum professionals, practitioners, representatives of non-governmental
sector, artists and people with disabilities.
This project aims to increase the accessibility of museums and galleries for
people with disabilities to enable their participation in the activities carried
out by museums and also to strengthen connections between museums and
associations of persons with disabilities, in order to create a basis for good
cooperation in the future.
The first workshop is scheduled to take place in Mostar from 15 to 17 October
in area of "Public institution Museum of Herzegovina ".
The workshops consist of theoretical and practical parts through which
participants will learn more about the social model of disability and the ways
in which museums can increase the accessibility of their premises and
activities for people with disabilities. Participants will be introduced to manual
"Disability - Set of tools and documents on disability which is suitable for
museums" as well as positive examples of museums in the region that are in
cooperation with the Balkan Museum Network will improve their accessibility.
Within the practical part of the workshop, participants will learn about the
mechanism of production and use of tactile pictures in museums and
galleries.
This project is funded by the American Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Foundation CHwB is a Swedish non-governmental organization founded in
1995. CHwB through various projects deals with the promotion, protection
and preservation of cultural heritage, and advocates for equal rights of all
persons to cultural heritage. More information about CHwB can be found on
the website www.chwb.org or Facebook page CHwBBiH.
Balkan Museum Network include 22 museums from Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Montenegro and Serbia. The BMN was founded in 2006 to promote and

preserve the common cultural heritage of the Balkans. More information

about BMN can be found on the website www.museums.net or Facebook page
Balkan Museums Network.
Interested media can take a statement from the organizers and participants
in the area of interpretation center "Public institution Museum of Herzegovina
"Mostar on Wednesday 15.10. in the period 10:15 to 10:45.