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Guided tours available for people with an intellectual disability (max. 10 participants)

The Museum of Medicine’s educational service offers a visit accessible to all, adapted to different types of disabilities (visual, auditory and intellectual). This initiative is innovative and a model of cultural accessibility for people with disabilities.

Much more than an adapted visit, it is about opening your senses to a multi-sensory and multidimensional context. The originality of the proposed visit lies in the fact that it is not a visit adapted to one type of disability, or different visits depending on the type of disability, but a single visit based on an identical selection of objects and adapted to everyone.

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Explore the visit

A journey through the History of Medicine, from magical-religious Medicine to rational Medicine and finally scientific Medicine, through 3 independent cells that follow each other chronologically :

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    Ancient Egypt
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    Classical Antiquity and pre-Columbian world
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    Middle Ages to early 20th century

Access adapted to each type of disability

For each cell, a QR code guides visitors to a visit adapted to a particular type of disability :

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    Visual disability : audio description and tactile exhibition
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    Hearing impaired : LSFB videos (French Sign Language of Belgium)
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    Intellectual disability : FALC (easy to read and understand)

Background sounds have been added to make listening more pleasant. Each cell is illustrated by models, thermoforms, 3D reproductions of objects and material samples that can be explored by touch.

Specialised partners for an accessible tour

The museum’s education department enlisted the help of expert partners in the field of accessibility for visitors with special needs: asbl Passe-Muraille, Suzanne Giovannini, an expert in tactile exhibits, an audio descriptor, asbl Inclusion, asbl Eqla and Sara Pennetier, a sound technician.

This visit was made possible thanks to the financial support of Visit Brussels and the King Baudouin Foundation

Information and booking

Interested groups can book their visit by contacting the educational department. The department accompanies and guides each visit.

  • Address : Museum of Medicine, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels
  • Opening hours : Monday to Friday, 1 pm to 4 pm (closed on public holidays)
  • Entrance fee : The tour is free for disabled visitors and accompanying adults.
  • Contact and reservation required : Isabelle Simoes, Director of Educational Department, isabelle.simoes@hubruxelles.be or + 32 2 555 68 34