The Tržič Museum

Object description

The museum is poorly accessible. There is a designated accessible parking spot, but only a small parking area is provided for visitors. A small ramp leads to the ticket office in the reception area. The non-accessible sanitary facilities can be accessed from there. There is an exhibition on skiing on the ground floor; the first section is accessible for wheelchair users, while the second section requires descending stairs. The higher floors, which are only accessible via stairs, house the rest of the collections, exhibitions and workshop spaces. There is sufficient room to manoeuvre in the majority of spaces, while high thresholds often appear between rooms. At the time of the inventory, the museum was renovating the attic for exhibitions and considering optimal lift placement.

Adaptations

1. People with mobility impairments:
2. There are no adaptations for people with mobility impairments.
3. People with visual impairments:
4. The path through the museum is marked with contracting visual markings,
5. The reception desk is located in the immediate vicinity of the entrance,
6. The necessary information is provided audibly (headphones are attached in certain spots).
7. People with hearing impairments:
8. The reception desk is adequately lit and enables lip-reading and interpreting facial expressions.

Deficiencies

1. People with mobility impairments:
2. There are no accessible parking spots,
3. The change of level at the entrance (high threshold) are not adequately addressed,
4. The height of the reception desk is not adapted to wheelchair users,
5. There is not sufficient room to manoeuvre indoors,
6. The building does not have a lift,
7. The building does not have accessible sanitary facilities.
8. People with visual impairments:
9. The edges of stairs do not have contrasting visual markings,
10. The edges of the changes of level (thresholds and changes of level in the skiing exhibit) do not have contrasting visual markings.
11. People with hearing impairments:
12. The building is not equipped with an induction loop.