Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation to offer guided tours for blind people
Dalí’s Foundation and the Spanish National Organisation of the Blind (ONCE) sign an agreement to allow visually-impaired visitors to enjoy the work of the Catalan artist. The Museum in Figueres, the Castle-House in Púbol and the House-Museum in Cadaqués will adapt their itineraries.
Barcelona (ACN). – After reaching an agreement with the Spanish National Organisation of the Blind (ONCE), the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation will organise guided tours for blind and visually-impaired visitors at three art centres it manages: the Gala Dalí Castle in Púbol, the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres and the House-Museum in Portlligat, all located in the north of Catalonia.
Foundation staff will be trained in “accompanying techniques for blind people” thanks to ONCE’s special courses and the Foundation’s Secretary-General, Lluís Peñuelas, stated that “this is the first step” as the main goal is to make the visual and literary work of the artist accessible to everyone.
Peñuelas stressed the “need” for making the Foundation’s spaces “open and accessible to everyone” while ONCE’s territorial delegate, Teresa Palahí, considered this move a “privilege” which can bring the Dalinian universe closer to the blind and visually-impaired people. According to Palahí, “it is a sign of normality, that our collective has gained access to culture. This makes us equal and freer.”