Muzeum Tyflologiczne w Owińskach

About the museum

The Tyflological Museum has operated since the turn of 2011 and 2012 at the Special Education and Care Centre for Blind Children in Owińska, within the walls of a former monastery. The school management allocated two rooms of about 80 square metres, which were renovated and equipped with funds from the district council (Starostwo Powiatowe) in Poznań.

The collections were built up from tyflological maps and tactile graphics which for decades reached the centre from former European institutions for the blind, as well as from gifts collected during journeys to centres in Europe and around the world. Among them are sheets from the first book printed in Klein's script, his small printing press, early prints in Anna Adler's linear script, Parisian cubarithms, tyflographics by Martin Kunz, Braille writing slates and old teaching aids for mathematics and physics.

Each of the more than three thousand exhibits can be picked up. The museum serves pupils, students and researchers, and next to it is the Park of Spatial Orientation (Park Orientacji Przestrzennej).

Highlights

• The only tyflological museum in Poland
• More than 3,000 objects that can be touched
• Maps and tactile graphics from former institutions for the blind
• First prints in Klein's script and Anna Adler's script
• Park of Spatial Orientation next door

Permanent exhibition

• Zbiory tyflologiczne – More than three thousand former aids for blind people: tactile maps and graphics, prints in Klein's and Anna Adler's scripts, cubarithms, Braille slates and aids for teaching mathematics and physics.

Founded

2011

Operated by

Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy dla Dzieci Niewidomych w Owińskach

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
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• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

All exhibits can be examined by touch. The museum is located on the grounds of the centre for blind children.

Kids & families

Only partly suitable for kids

The museum welcomes organised groups of children from the 4th grade of primary school; younger children are not envisaged as visitors.

Getting there & parking

The entrance to the museum is in the centre's building, next to the former Cistercian church on Plac Przemysława.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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