What the Press wrote about Tactual Museum
THE WORLD OF THE INVESTOR
In all museums you are banned from touching the exhibits. This is not true with the exhibits in the Tactual Museum,
where not only is touching allowed but encouraged .
And we are not talking about
insignificant works of art, but of Aphrodite of Melos, Hermes of Praxiteles and the Delphi Charioteer!
Statues for ... fondling (touching)
"...The rooms of the Tactual Museum are designed so as to respond completely to the needs of the blind and
partially sighted visitors. The signs explaining the exhibits are written in Braille, and include large scale font prints
so that the partially sighted can read them as well. The operation of the Museum is mainly supported by volunteers,
though significant is the offering from the members of the Friends of the Acropolis Union regarding all matters of
archaeological and museum interest The latter is the organization which donated, through others, one of
the "stronger" exhibits, the bas-relief of the Sacred Rock of Acropolis whereby visitors can touch all of its monuments."
"... very shortly the new audio sytem quide, which enables the visitor to tour the Museum alone, will be ready, announced to the "World of Investors" Ms Zoe Geroulanou, general secretary of the Board of the Lighthouse for the Blind, and continues ..."
"... the great advantage of the Tactual Museum is that it displays replicas of unique works of art, which in order to see the originals, one would have to tour a number of different museums in Greece ..." and concludes
"... the strength of touch for those individuals who are visually-impaired is undeniable, however very few sighted-individuals have not been tempted to touch a masterpiece of art. "
[ All texts are translated excerpts from Ms. Alexandra Rapti’s article about the Tactual Museum which appeared with the photos in the "Work & Days" magazine from the 5 September 2004 edition of "The world of the Investor". ]