The Mediterranean Museum in Torroella offers guided tours in Catalan sign language

The Museum of the Mediterranean will offer guided tours in sign language as part of the ‘ Signem Museus ‘ project. This is a co-creation initiative, in which five museums in Catalonia participate, which offers inclusive guided tours conducted by deaf people.

The first guided tour of the permanent exhibition will take place on April 9th, at 11 am, and will be held periodically. Reservations can be made at lsc.reservavic@gmail.com .

Visits for deaf signing and deaf hearing people

The visit will be led by the art historian, Marta Pericas ; and the electronic engineer, Sergio Cuadros . Two deaf people who are signers. At the same time, to make it accessible to everyone, they will be accompanied by an interpreter who will provide voice so that hearing people can also follow the visits, in addition to facilitating lip reading for oral deaf people who, at the same time, will be able to read the transcription.

Access to inclusive culture

The councilor of the Museu de la Mediterrània, Pilar Valls , highly values ​​this initiative and argues that “the promotion of inclusive culture is, precisely, one of the museum’s priorities”. For this reason, she adds, “we work year after year to achieve the most universal and quality accessibility possible for everyone”. The project is promoted by the Department of Culture of the Generalitat and the Association of Deaf People of Vic and the Region.