Görlitz (dpa/sn) – The Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Görlitz has invested around 140,000 euros in the accessibility of its exhibitions. According to the facility on Monday, a special automatic audio guide makes an autonomous tour possible in conjunction with a floor guidance system. Sounds, tactile objects and a smelling station appeal to all the senses and offer additional impressions for all visitors.
The course with 20 stations was developed in such a way that blind people can also do it unaccompanied. The texts in the audio guide describe the objects that you feel or “smell”, guide strips and fields with a knob pattern on the floor show visitors who use a touch stick the way. According to the information provided, the inclusion measures were funded by the Free State and the Leibniz Association.
The Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Görlitz dates back to the founding of the Ornithological Society in 1811. In the GDR it was a state research museum, in 1991 it became a state museum and in 2009 it became an institute of the society for natural research named after the Frankfurt doctor and founder Johann Christian Senckenberg (1707-1772). It is part of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community.
