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Accessibility
Adapting our projects and developing special programmes, which are designed to meet the needs and expectations of people with disabilities, as well as other underrepresented groups, we try to involve experts with relevant experience.
This experience allows us to enrich our understanding of the range of possibilities open to our visitors, and assists us in developing and adapting our programmes.
Our goal is to ensure physical and information accessibility for all the projects and activities of the
Accessible and adaptated events for:
Ensuring accessibility
– The
– If you require assistance in making your way from the metro station to
– We can provide you with an assistant for your visit to
– Wheelchairs can be requested in the cloakroom on floor –1, and fold-out chairs are available for visitors in the exhibition space.
– Accessible lavatories are located on floor –1, and also on floor 3 by the classrooms.
– Lifts take people to every floor of
– On floor –1 there is a baby changing room and a Quiet room for visitors who need a rest.
– At the information desk you can receive a sensor bag with noise-reducing earphones, a cushion, a soft blanket, earplugs and an anti-stress toy.
– We always welcome visitors with guide dogs. If you come to
– The
– On floor 1 opposite the information desk, three tactile models of
Means of adaptation
Easy-to-Read — text materials that adapt information about the exhibitions. Easy-to-Read materials about past and present events (in Russian) are available on the website in the Accessibility section.
Social stories — first-person detailed instructions for visiting
Simultaneous interpretation into Russian Sign Language. Most of our public events are accompanied by interpretation into Russian Sign Language. At events that lack interpretation, visitors can book an interpreter by email: access@v-a-c.org.
Audio descriptions also accompany a number of film screenings and theatre performances. Availability is indicated on the event page on our website.
Audio descriptions for past and current exhibitions can be accessed on our website in the Accessibility section. You can also request a media player with audio descriptions for any current exhibition at the information desk.
Video clips in Russian Sign Language about the
We also provide text materials (including exhibition guides) in enlarged print and in Braille. Please inform us of your needs two weeks before the planned visiting date by email: access@v-a-c.org or by phone +7 (963) 996 3687.
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