Description of the facility

The museum is located in Brežice Castle and is partially accessible. A gravel path leads to the castle entrance. There is a low threshold at the entrance due to a change in level. A passage leads past the ticket office to the castle atrium, which doubles as an outdoor event space with a large canopy. The equipment is moveable and the floor is gravel. The stage is not accessible for wheelchair users.
There are non-accessible sanitary facilities in the immediate vicinity of the ticket office.
The paving on the edge of the atrium is level and firm, enabling access to the stairs and lift leading to the upper floors of the museum.
Low steps occasionally appear between exhibition spaces in the museum, while higher steps are addressed with temporary ramps. There is a ramp on the passage to the Wedding Room and the Knight’s hall.
For wheelchair users, the circular route on the first floor is interrupted by stairs (in the Knight’s Hall). All the rooms are accessible, but only from one side and the other. The equipment in the halls is moveable.
The hall is not equipped with an induction loop.

Adaptations:

People with mobility impairments:

  • Stairs and high steps feature moving ramps,
  • There is sufficient room to manoeuvre indoors,
  • The ramp to the Knight’s Hall and Wedding Room enables independent use,
  • There is a suitably sized lift in the building,
  • The exhibited items in the exhibition spaces are placed at a suitable height.

People with visual impairments:

  • The ticket office is located in the immediate vicinity of the entrance,
  • The lift buttons have raised tactile letters, 
  • The exhibited items in front of the Knight’s Hall enable tactile exploration of the exhibited material.

People with hearing impairments:

  • The ticket office is adequately lit and enables lip-reading and interpreting facial expressions.

Deficiencies:

People with mobility impairments:

  • The accessible parking spot is not spacious enough, but it is designated,
  • The entrance to the building runs on a gravel path,
  • The floor of the event space in the castle atrium is gravel, 
  • The changes of level in the interior of the building are not adequately addressed (moving ramps),
  • The building does not have accessible sanitary facilities.

People with visual impairments:

  • The edges of stairs do not have contrasting visual markings,
  • The edges of the changes of level (thresholds) do not have contrasting visual markings,
  • The glass doors do not have adequate contrasting visual markings.

People with hearing impairments:

  • The hall is not equipped with an induction loop.