The accessibility to the museums’heritage for the blind Relatrice: Prof.ssa Marilisa Di Giovanni Correlatore: Prof. Mario Dossoni Lucia De Maio 397393 Blindness is not only a deficiency, a flaw, a weakness, but in a sense, also originates new skills, new benefits, new forces. A disability, because it forces us to encounter obstacles, determines the subject who experiences the effects, a search for strategies to overcome them and start a reorganization of one’s resources. The first benefit what the sense of touch led to the blind and that leads us already on the plane of art is the ability to read through Braille. vocational training autonomy the production of teaching materials THE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES OFFERED BY ISTITUTO DEI CIECHI DI MILANO care for the elderly the printing of texts in Braille and large print IT consultancy The purpose of the Museum is to promote the cultural growth, to integrate the visually handicapped and to widen their knowledge of reality. Bright Ubuntu The non- and partially- sighted will be able to enjoy free, easy access to the computer and all its programmes thanks to a system which is equipped with a voice synthesizer and magnifying glass.