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Museum in Madrid offers visually impaired visitors a feel of the wonders across the world
Updated: 2024-08-19 10:15
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The Madrid Typhlological Museum — from the Greek "tuphlos", meaning blind — houses 37 reproductions of global monuments that are listed as world heritage sites.
It was set up in 1992 by ONCE, Spain's national organization for the blind which has 71,000 members.
Made of wood, stone, metal or resin, the models are accessible to all visitors — whether blind, sighted or partially sighted — giving them a hands-on, sensory experience of the architecture.
"There's no other place in the world with a museum like this. …they don't have this kind of collection" said guide Mireia Rodriguez, who is herself visually impaired.
