Idrija Municipal Museum

Object description

The museum is located in the Gewerkenegg Castle and is not accessible. There are no accessible parking spots near the building. The entrance to the ticket office is in the passage to the castle atrium. The entrance has high, unmarked steps preventing access to wheelchair users. There is a small exhibition area next to the ticket office. The atrium also leads to the non-accessible sanitary facilities and the Nikolaj Pirnat Exhibition Centre through separate entrances. Access to them is only possible via stairs. There is a circular route leading through the museum. The interior has a number of high steps and numerous staircases. The edges rarely have contrasting visual markings. The Mercury tower at the bottom of the stairs features a dangerous layout as the stairs run out on unlevel floor. The museum offers the possibility of an audio guide and a smartphone application.

Adaptations

1. People with mobility impairments:
2. The hall has moveable seating.
3. People with visual impairments:
4. The edges of some of the changes of level have contrasting visual markings,
5. The museum offers the possibility of an audio guide and a smartphone application.
6. People with hearing impairments:
7. There are no adaptations.

Deficiencies

1. People with mobility impairments:
2. There are no accessible parking spots,
3. The height difference (step) at the entrance is not adequately addressed,
4. The height of the reception desk is not adapted to wheelchair users,
5. The height differences (stairs and high steps) inside are not adequately addressed,
6. The building does not have a lift,
7. The building does not have accessible sanitary facilities.
8. People with visual impairments:
9. The glazed glass doors do not have contrasting visual markings,
10. The reception desk is not located in the immediate vicinity of the entrance,
11. The edges of stairs do not have contrasting visual markings,
12. The stairs between exhibition spaces are not equipped with railings,
13. The design of the foot of the stairwell in the mercury tower is dangerous,
14. None of the exhibited items enable tactile exploration of the exhibited material.
15. People with hearing impairments:
16. The building is not equipped with an induction loop.