Accessibility

• There is no company parking lot available.
• The museum is accessible without steps via the side entrance.
• All rooms and facilities that can be used by visitors are accessible at ground level or via elevators.
• The elevator cabin is 110 cm x 140 cm. The elevator door is 90 cm wide.
  All doors/passages usable and elevated for visitors are at least 78 cm wide.
• The reception desk is 115 cm high at the lowest point. There is no alternative means of communication while seated.
• Most exhibits are visible while seated.
• Most exhibit information is legible while seated.
• There are eight tables in the café that are high enough for whelchair users (maximum height 80 cm, accessible from below at a height of 67 cm and a depth of 30 cm).
• Guided tours for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users are available on request. Advance booking is required.
• The entire route of the guided tour is accessible to wheelchair users.
• Public restrooms for people with disabilities are available
• The movement areas are:
  in front of/behind the door, in front of the toilet and in front of the washbasin at least 150 cm x 150 cm;
  to the left and right of the toilet at least 90 cm x 70 cm.
• Grab rails are provided to the left and right of the toilet. The grab rails can be folded up.
• The washbasin can be moved underneath.
• The mirror can be used while standing or sitting.
• An alarm trigger is available.

All test-relevant areas meet the quality criteria of the label “Accessibility tested – barrier-free for people with walking disabilities”.

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• There is no visually obvious alarm.
• There is no inductive hearing system at the counter, but there is a system in the cinema.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevator is confirmed acoustically.
• The information about the exhibits is mainly provided in written form.
• There is acoustic information about the exhibits.
• There are 14 tables in the café with bright and glare-free lighting, where there are no lamps or hanging lamps that interfere with the field of vision or eye contact.
• There is no seating area with low ambient noise (e.g., sitting area, separate room).
• Tours are offered for people with hearing disabilities, but not for deaf people.

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• Service dogs may be brought into all relevant areas/rooms.
• The entrance is visually contrasting and not identifiable by a tactilely perceptible change in flooring.
• The signage is designed in legible and high-contrast font.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevator is confirmed acoustically.
• The stop position of the elevator is announced by speech.
• Staircases have handrails on both sides.
• The exhibits are generally well lit.
• The information on the exhibits is mainly conveyed in writing and is visually contrasting.
• Acoustic information about the exhibits is available.
• A multimedia guide is available.
• Guided tours for people with visual impairments and blind people are available on request. Advance booking is required.
• During the tours, exhibits are integrated for touching.

.All test-relevant areas meet the quality criteria of the label “Accessibility tested – partially accessible for people with visual impairments”.

Detailed information can be found in the Prüfbericht (audit report).

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• The name and logo of the museum are clearly recognizable from the outside.
• Trail destinations are within sight or trail signs are present at a constantly visible distance.
• The information on the exhibits is mainly conveyed in writing, but not available in PLain Language.
• Guided tours for people with cognitive impairments are available upon request. Advance reservation is required.
• The guided tour for people with cognitive impairments are offered in plain language.

Detailed information can be found in the Prüfbericht (audit report).

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