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- Curator’s Diary: Ancient Egypt For The Visually Impaired
Egypt at the Manchester Museum On Thursday I met with a group of around 30 visitors from Henshaws, a charity that provides support for blind and visually impaired people. I confess to a little trepidation at the task of describing in sufficient...
- Seeing In A New Way
Living In Egypt (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) With photos of the museum visit. Laurie and I have been friends on email for over 15 years and friends face to face for almost 10 years. We got to know each other on Equine-L so it was only natural that, having...
- Andrea Bocelli In Egypt
Yallabina Bibliotheca Alexandrina is hosting a charity concert featuring the legendary opera singer Andrea Bocelli on the 11th of October 2008 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall. The concert is held under the auspices of her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne...
- Tactile Gallery, Louvre
Egypt Daily Star News A photograph of a visually impaired man, with his guide dog, exploring a replica of the serekh of Djet in the Louvre's Tactile Gallery: Didier Roule, with his dog "Panisse," touches a replica of ancient Egypt's Snake King...
- Egyptian Museum Communicating Ancient Egypt To Blind Children
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5673"Fifteen young girls sat around two tables in a classroom at the Egyptian Museum, molding rakes and water pumps out of red clay. They are participating in the museum’s program to teach schoolchildren...
Egypt
Museum: Cairo musem offers blind tours
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For the average visitor to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, a stroll through the museums halls, crowded with ancient statues, papyrus, mummies, and gilded relics, offers an unparalleled journey into the visual splendour of Ancient Egypt.
It is a journey that has been, until recently, off limits to the sight-impaired or blind.
But a recent program offering guided tours for the blind or sight impaired by tour guides who are similarly handicapped is now, for the first time, giving them proper access to the greatest treasures from the times of the Pharaohs.
- Curator’s Diary: Ancient Egypt For The Visually Impaired
Egypt at the Manchester Museum On Thursday I met with a group of around 30 visitors from Henshaws, a charity that provides support for blind and visually impaired people. I confess to a little trepidation at the task of describing in sufficient...
- Seeing In A New Way
Living In Egypt (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) With photos of the museum visit. Laurie and I have been friends on email for over 15 years and friends face to face for almost 10 years. We got to know each other on Equine-L so it was only natural that, having...
- Andrea Bocelli In Egypt
Yallabina Bibliotheca Alexandrina is hosting a charity concert featuring the legendary opera singer Andrea Bocelli on the 11th of October 2008 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall. The concert is held under the auspices of her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne...
- Tactile Gallery, Louvre
Egypt Daily Star News A photograph of a visually impaired man, with his guide dog, exploring a replica of the serekh of Djet in the Louvre's Tactile Gallery: Didier Roule, with his dog "Panisse," touches a replica of ancient Egypt's Snake King...
- Egyptian Museum Communicating Ancient Egypt To Blind Children
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5673"Fifteen young girls sat around two tables in a classroom at the Egyptian Museum, molding rakes and water pumps out of red clay. They are participating in the museum’s program to teach schoolchildren...