Bauhaus-Museum Weimar
With contemporary architecture and multimedia exhibition design, the Bauhaus Museum Weimar not only restages the treasures of the world's oldest Bauhaus collection. On five levels, it links Weimar Bauhaus history with the questions of shaping life today and tomorrow. As a place of encounter, openness and discussion in a newly emerging quarter, the Bauhaus Museum Weimar offers contemporary perspectives on the ambivalent impact history of modernism from its beginnings to the present.
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All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users".
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- There are three designated parking spaces for people with disabilities at the Bauhaus Museum (space size: 350 cm x 500 cm).
- The parking spaces and the entrance to the underground car park can be reached via Ernst-Thälmann-Str..
- The path from the car park to the entrance is 500 m long.
- There is a bus stop 150 m from the entrance.
- The building is accessible without steps.
- All rooms and facilities that can be used and raised for the guest are accessible without steps or via a lift.
- All doors/passages that can be used and raised for the guest are at least 90 cm wide.
- The cash desk is 86 cm high at the lowest point. There is another, equivalent means of communication while seated.
- The exhibits in the exhibition rooms on the upper floor are predominantly visible while seated.
- The information on the exhibits/stations/objects can mainly be read while sitting.
- Aids offered: wheelchair, rollator, mobile folding stools, multimedia guide.
- People with walking disabilities and wheelchair users can of course take part in guided tours, but they do not receive a tour offer specially tailored to them.
- The entire guided tour route is step-free for wheelchair users.
- There is a public toilet for people with disabilities, which is accessible from one side (minimum 80 cm). There are folding grab rails on the left and right of the toilet.
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All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with hearing impairment and deaf people".
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- There is no alarm.
- An outgoing emergency call in the lift is confirmed acoustically.
- Alternatively, stairs are available.
- Information on the exhibits is mainly provided in written form.
- There is acoustic information about the exhibits.
- In the museum café, there are tables with bright and glare-free lighting, where there are no lamps or hanging lamps that interfere with the field of vision or eye contact.
- There is a seating area with low ambient noise (e.g. seating area, separate room).
- Aids offered: The free Weimar+ app offers, among other things, a tour in German sign language.
- Induction slings with "whisper guides" for people with hearing disabilities.
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All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for blind people".
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- Assistance dogs are welcome.
- The entrance is visually contrasting.
- The evaluated areas that can be used by the guest are predominantly/partly bright and glare-free.
- There are partially visually contrasting and tactile floor indicators.
- The signage is designed in legible and high-contrast lettering.
- An outgoing emergency call in the lift is confirmed acoustically. The stop position is announced by voice. The operating elements are designed with high visual contrast and are tactilely detectable.
- Alternatively stairs are available.
- At least at the first and last step, stairs have visually contrasting edges.
- Steps are not visually rich in contrast.
- The exhibits are generally well lit.
- Information about the exhibits is mainly provided in writing and is visually contrasting.
- There is acoustic information about the exhibits.
- Aids offered: The free Weimar+ app offers, among other things, an audio tour with audio description.
- Guided tours for people with visual impairments and blind people are offered. Advance booking is necessary.
- Tactilely detectable exhibits are integrated in the guided tour.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- The name of the Bauhaus-Museum is clearly recognizable from the outside.
- The objectives of the paths are always within sight or signs in visible distance are available.
- Information on the exhibits is mainly provided in written form, but not in plain language.
- In the museum café, food is visibly presented (buffet, counter).
- Guided tours for people with cognitive impairments are offered on request. A reservation in advance is not necessary.
- The contents (e.g. exhibits) of the guided tour for people with cognitive impairments are easy to understand or are explained in an easy-to-understand way (e.g. pictorially).
- Information is presented with pictograms or pictures.
- Aids offered: The free Weimar+ app offers, among other things, a tour in easy-to-understand language.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF