Tour: Discover Architecture by Touch as part of Open House Dublin
20 Oct 2024, 1:00 pm (Past)
Tactile tours as part of Open House Dublin Festival of Architecture on 20 October.
As part of Open House Dublin Festival of Architecture, on Sunday 20 October there will be newly developed audio described and tactile tours at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and Museum of Literature of Ireland. These tours, designed for visitors who are blind or have a visual impairment, invite you to explore architecture through an immersive hands-on experience.
Feel detailed models of the facade, floor plan and ornamental details that bring these buildings to life, while guides provide clear and vivid descriptions throughout the tours adding to your experience.
These tours have been developed with and will be led by Emilie Conway, vocal Jazz Artist and disability activist consultant, and Emma Gilleece, architecture historian. The tours will include tactile models of the facade, floor plans and the ornaments of the different rooms developed by architect Tadgh Charles.
Please note this tour will starts at MOLI at 1pm, followed by a break at the museum’s cafe (coffee, tea and pastries will be provided) and the next tour takes place at the RCSI at 3.30pm.
Tickets can be booked by calling or texting 089 479 8085 or by emailing bookings@architecturefoundation.ie
Please email or phone regarding your access needs or any questions you may have. For more information on the tours, the guides, or access, visit openhousedublin.com
Access information
RCSI: There are wheelchair accessible doors into the building, and a wheelchair accessible turnstile. Lifts are available for access to each floor, and toilets for people with disabilities are located on each floor.
MOLI: The museum and exhibition galleries are fully accessible on all floors, there are also accessible toilets. Guide dogs are welcome. You can enter MoLI in three ways, the main entrance by climbing several steps or we can call the lift to street level, which will bring us down to the ground floor to enter MoLI. Please read MOLI’s Social Guide which may be helpful when planning your visit to MoLI.
Images courtesy of Tadhg Charles.
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