In 2017, ICOM Russia in cooperation with the social project "Wonder Wheel" and Sberbank’s Charitable Foundation “Investment to the Future” launched the long-term program Inclusive Museum aimed at developing the best museum practices of socialization and creative rehabilitation of people with disabilities.
Project mission
The project Inclusive Museum is aimed at developing the best museum practices of socialization, creative expression and rehabilitation of people with disabilities, as well as building an accessible environment in museums.
The primary audience of the project is museum specialists who are trained on disability issues, and the final target audience is people with disabilities who are getting better opportunities of participating in museum activities.
The project tries to thoroughly explain specificity of different forms of disability step by step. In 2017, we started from people with mental disabilities. In 2019, we focuced on the work with deaf and hard of hearing visitors, in the middle of 2020 – we will work with blind and visually impaired people. All these areas continue to develop and support by team and partners.
The direction "Visitors with mental disabilities" is implemented jointly with a socially oriented organization “Wonder Wheel” and with the support of the Sberbank’s Charitable Foundation “Investment to the Future”.
The direction "Deaf and hard of hearing visitors" is implemented by ICOM Russia with the support of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation.
Key activities- Elaboration and promotion of thematic animated videos;
- Elaboration of educational materials;
- Organization of educational webinars;
- Organization of conferences, workshops, consultations and trainings;
- Implementation of All-Russian campaign Museums for Everybody! to promote museum inclusion;
- Conduction of the museum contest of the best inclusive programs in the frame of direction "Visitors with mental disabilities".
- The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
- The Museum of Russian Impressionism
- Charity Fund "DownsideUp"
- Russian Disability NGO "Perspektiva"
- The State Darwin Museum
- Rehabilitation Center for Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorders "OUR SUNNY WORLD"
- "Center for Curative Pedagogics" (CCP)
- Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve
- Omsk Museum of Fine Arts named after M.A. Vrubel
- Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
- The State Museum – Cultural Center The integration of N.A.Ostrovsk
- The Museum "Moscow lights"
- Presidential Center B.N. Yeltsin
- Federal Resource Center for Organization of Comprehensive Support to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (FRC)
You can visit official website of the project for more information.