"Days of Inclusion at the Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts"

The third All-Russian inclusive action "Museum for everyone!" - 2020 ", dedicated to creating a comfortable museum environment for every visitor and designed to draw public attention to the importance of equal participation of all people in cultural life, will be held from December 1 to 13, 2020.

This year, in many museums, the Action will be held not only offline, but also in an online format, ensuring the availability of the event throughout the country. Most museums currently post information about available online projects in social networks, conduct online contests, excursions, master classes, lectures for those who are not able to visit museums in person.

The Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts is taking part in this action for the third time. A number of activities are planned for various categories of visitors with disabilities:

For visitors with hearing impairments:

December 3 - virtual excursions in Russian sign language will be conducted by the museum employee Anton Lagutin. Topics of excursions "Nikanor Vasiliev - the founder of the museum" and "Old Russian art in the collection of the KMII".

December 4 at 15. 00 - visiting thematic lesson and master class "The Art of Prints" for students of the Boarding School № 5 named. Rau in Kaluga will be conducted by Elena Sandakova, a methodologist of the Information-Educational and Exhibition Center, and Stanislav Baranov, a museum employee.

December 9 - virtual excursion in Russian sign language "Western European art in the collection of the KMII" (museum employee Anton Lagutin).

Visitors with visual impairments:

December 8 at 15:00 - opening of the tactile exposition "Touch and See". A tour of the museum’s tactile exposition will be conducted by the head of the scientific and educational department Svetlana Klepova and the methodologist of the Information, Educational and Exhibition Center, Elena Sandakova.