Visual Art: Accessible Tours at the Hugh Lane Gallery

Join the Hugh Lane Gallery for a series of accessible events this summer.

The Hugh Lane Gallery are hosting a series of ISL interpreted tours and tours for people with a hearing impairment this summer. For more information and booking, visit hughlane.ie.

ISL Interpreted Tours

Tuesday 23 July, 2.30pm
A highlights guided tour of More Power to You led by Tony Suttle accompanied by an ISL interpreter.

Tuesday 24 September 2.30pm
A highlights guided tour of More Power to You led by Tori Boccarossa with an ISL interpreter.

Tours for People who are Hard of Hearing

For these tours, The Hugh Lane Gallery use audio amplification devices as individual loop devices which connect with a microphone headset worn by the tour guide that can transit to the loop devices. They can then be used by people with hearing aids. For people who are hard of hearing but who don’t have hearing aids, they can use their own or Arts & Disability Ireland’s earpieces. Tours are free, but advance booking required via Eventbrite.

These tours will take place;
Friday 28 June, 11am
A tour of the Sacred Trust exhibition for people with a hearing impairment with Sarah Ward.

Friday 12 July, 11am
A guided tour of More Power to You for people with a hearing impairment with Aoife Convery.

Friday 30 August, 11am
A tour of More Power to You for people with a hearing impairment with Dr Anne Cormican.

Thursday 19 September, 11am
A tour of the Highlights of the Collection for people with a hearing impairment with Tony Suttle.

Information on the T setting and Tours
It is necessary to have access to your T setting on your hearing aid to connect to the tour guide equipment.

Not all hearing aids actually have the T setting as part of their standard functions. However, the majority of hearing aids provided by the HSE do have the T setting available. The hearing aids need to be programmed by the audiologist to include the T-coil program/Loop program/T setting. Then the hearing aid user needs to understand how to access that program option, which is usually through pressing a button on their hearing aid or selecting this program from a drop-down list on an app on their mobile phone.

Many hearing aids now have Bluetooth programs or Bluetooth compatibility access as standard, however, these tend to be designed to function with brand-specific products and are not compatible with the equipment being used during this tour.

These events are free, but booking is essential through the Hugh Lane website.

Images courtesy of the Hugh Lane Gallery.