The Bracciano Civic Museum is a space accessible to everyone. Since 2009, it has been equipped with multimedia devices that provide various ways of experiencing the collections, including non-traditional approaches.
Accessibility in museums goes beyond removing environmental and architectural barriers. A truly accessible museum ensures that every visitor enjoys not only physical access but also cultural access.
The museum has produced several videos in LIS (Italian Sign Language), making its content more inclusive. These videos are available for:
The museum is equipped with tactile paving designed for blind visitors, enabling them to independently explore the museum’s major works. Tactile reproductions of both sculptures and paintings, along with Braille captions and audio points for the most significant pieces, are also available.
This museum features two dedicated multi-sensory areas highlighting the Apollo of Vicarello and Venus and Adonis sculptures. These spaces provide an experience that goes beyond the visual, incorporating tactile reproductions of the artworks, Braille captions, and audio narrations that bring the stories behind the sculptures.
2 Multi-Sensory Areas: Apollo of Vicarello, Venus and Adonis
This initiative has earned the Civic Museum of Bracciano a place in the Catalog of Good Cultural Practices of the Lazio Region.
The Museum has developed several educational projects focused on accessibility, which have been recognized as Good Practices by the Lazio Region. Among these are:
Beyond the Gaze: Multisensoriality as the Key to Access the Museum
This project, awarded as a practice of excellence by the Lazio Region, was designed for primary and secondary school classes, including blind or visually impaired children, as well as sighted children and young people. The activities encouraged participants to explore the museum’s works while blindfolded, enabling them to engage with the exhibits through their other senses.
The Museum is Me
This project involved creating a participatory guide to the collections of the Bracciano Civic Museum. The guide was co-written by museum visitors and students from the IIS Luca Paciolo of Bracciano, a tourism and art high school. The completed guide is available online.
Multimedia contents are available in the museum rooms, offering visitors a unique way to experience the most significant works. In certain areas of the museum, headphones are provided, allowing visitors to listen to audio narrations related to the displayed works. For instance:
The Display Case of Talking Mannequins
The exhibit of sacred garments is divided into two sections. One section features three mannequins representing a priest, a deacon, and a subdeacon—figures traditionally seen during solemn Masses—simulating a sacred celebration. The mannequins are dressed in 18th-century “in terza” vestments and narrate their roles, speaking in the first person through an audio system activated by sensors.
LISTEN to the audio on sacred clothes
