Creating a New Horizon with the Accessible Museum

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) stresses that the disabled must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and in this spirit Taiwan also passed the Persons with Disabilities Rights Protection Act. In 2012, the National Taiwan Museum began to install an audio guide system, tactile architectural and animal models for the visually impaired, as well as an accessible visit route and spaces. The Museum has also launched a medical initiative with hospitals prescribing museum visits to dementia patients, and has been working with nursing homes to help people with multiple disabilities enhance their levels of social adaptation. The vision of the accessible museum is enabling more people to visit and broaden their horizons.