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Figure 5: Example of Info tactile point within a permanent display of the Zagreb City Museum
(photo: Miljenko Gregl, Zagreb City Museum).
heritage, the museum as a communicator of her- Figure 6: Talpa (Mole) – mascot of adaptation of perma-
itage and with all users. nent display to blind and visually impaired people at the
Zagreb City Museum (photo: Miljenko Gregl, Zagreb
It is a slow but straightforward way to think City Museum).
about equality and the needs of those who need
help. Children are educated this way from a
young age, and the Zagreb City Museum, as
part of the primary school curriculum, is an ex-
cellent place for the presentation and sensitizing
of all ages for the needs of people with disabil-
ities. One of the more recent works is the pic-
ture book The mole Talpa explores by the Muse-
um of the City of Zagreb, intended for preschool
children and children in the lower elementa-
ry grades. Namely, the blind mole, as a muse-
um guide, takes sighted children on a tour of the
museum and teaches them not only about the
heritage and history of Zagreb but also about
how the museum is experienced and interpreted
by the blind and visually impaired (Leiner 2021).
Talpa, the mole (fig. 6), has become the mascot,
hereditati
Figure 5: Example of Info tactile point within a permanent display of the Zagreb City Museum
(photo: Miljenko Gregl, Zagreb City Museum).
heritage, the museum as a communicator of her- Figure 6: Talpa (Mole) – mascot of adaptation of perma-
itage and with all users. nent display to blind and visually impaired people at the
Zagreb City Museum (photo: Miljenko Gregl, Zagreb
It is a slow but straightforward way to think City Museum).
about equality and the needs of those who need
help. Children are educated this way from a
young age, and the Zagreb City Museum, as
part of the primary school curriculum, is an ex-
cellent place for the presentation and sensitizing
of all ages for the needs of people with disabil-
ities. One of the more recent works is the pic-
ture book The mole Talpa explores by the Muse-
um of the City of Zagreb, intended for preschool
children and children in the lower elementa-
ry grades. Namely, the blind mole, as a muse-
um guide, takes sighted children on a tour of the
museum and teaches them not only about the
heritage and history of Zagreb but also about
how the museum is experienced and interpreted
by the blind and visually impaired (Leiner 2021).
Talpa, the mole (fig. 6), has become the mascot,
