Description of the facility

The museum is inaccessible for wheelchair users and partially accessible for other visitors. It is located in Velenje Castle.

Access from the base of the hill to the castle parking lot is possible on foot via several staircases or by car via a steep road. The only route from the parking lot to the castle entrance is a steep gravel path with drainage channels. Access to the exhibition spaces is from the castle’s outer atrium. Access to the ground floor and first-floor exhibition spaces is hindered by stairs and high thresholds at the entrances and inside the rooms. There is no elevator and no adapted sanitary facilities. The exhibition provides a guide for blind visitors (Braille) and for visually impaired visitors (large print), and some exhibits allow tactile exploration.

Adaptations:

Mobility impaired:

  • No specific adaptations.

Blind and visually impaired:

  • Exhibition guide adapted for blind (Braille) and visually impaired (large print) visitors,
  • Some exhibits allow tactile exploration (tactile maps, etc.).

Deaf and hard of hearing:

  • No specific adaptations.

Deficiencies:

Mobility impaired:

  • Accessible parking is not properly arranged or marked,
  • Entrance is not accessible,
  • Ramp to the castle does not have an appropriate slope,
  • Height differences inside are not properly bridged,
  • No space for wheelchair users in exhibition areas,
  • No elevator in the building,
  • No adapted sanitary facilities,
  • Exhibits are not at appropriate heights.

Blind and visually impaired:

  • The reception desk is not in immediate proximity to the entrance,
  • The path to the distant reception desk is not marked,
  • Sudden transitions from light to dark areas inside the building,
  • Edges of stairs are not contrast-marked,
  • Edges of height differences are not contrast-marked,
  • Obstacles and hazardous objects are not properly marked.

Deaf and hard of hearing:

  • The building is not equipped with a hearing loop.