Visual Art: Accessible Tours at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Autumn 2024

Join the Hugh Lane Gallery for their monthly programme of accessible tours.

Tour for people who have a hearing impairment or are Hard of Hearing Thursday 17 October 2024 at 11am

Join us for an in focus discussion of artworks in the new exhibition Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion. This tour will focus on the artworks in Galleries 1 ‘The Invisible Becomes Visible’ and Gallery 2 ‘Remains’.

For these tours, the Gallery use 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 to connect to or for those hard of hearing but who don’t have hearing aids, they can use their own or ADI’s earpieces. Please see below for more information on loop and T settings.

ISL Interpreted Tour Tuesday 22 October 2024 at 2.30pm

Join the Gallery for an introductory guided tour of the current exhibition Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion accompanied by an Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreter.

In Person Audio Described Tour Friday 25 October 2024 at 11am

Join the Gallery for an in person audio described visit to the exhibition More Power to You Sarah Purser A Force for Irish Art for people with a visual impairment. This one hour tour led by Fala Buggy will be followed by tea and coffee and an opportunity for chat and further discussion.

Tour for people who have a hearing impairment or are Hard of Hearing Thursday 21 November 2024 at 11am

Join the Gallery for an in focus discussion of artworks in the new exhibition Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion. This tour will focus on the artworks in Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion in Gallery 3 ‘War Changes Its Address’, and Gallery 4 ‘The Clock Winds Down’. For these tours, the Gallery use 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 to connect to or for those hard of hearing but who don’t have hearing aids, they can use their own or ADI’s earpieces. Please see below for more information on loop and T settings.

These events are free but require advance booking via hughlane.ie

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/ 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.