Four Balkan museums improved the accessibility of their work for disabled people thanks to the regional project “Improving the accessibility of museums in the Balkans for people with disabilities”. In the Kikinda National Museum and the Homeland Museum of Knjaževac…
“National Institute and Museums – Bitola” invites you to the international webinar “A Touch of Art – the inclusion of visually impaired and blind people in museums” which will be held on 21 Jan 12021 in the period from 10:00…
At the National Museum of Leskovac, on December 24, 2019, visiting tactile exhibition from the collection of the National Institute and the Bitola Museum, Republic of Northern Macedonia, opened. The exhibition shows 20 tactile images of objects from the rich…
The Archeological Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia is the fifth member of the BMN to undergo the process of access survey. Two access consultants from BMAG (Bakan Museums Access Group) Irena Ruzin and Milena Milosevic Micic conducted a…
Museum of Vojvodina hosted two access consultants Lejla Agic and Dr Irena Ruzin from the Balkan Museum Access Group in 2018. The recommendation which had immediate implications on improved access was improving the existing orientation in the museum building. With…
The first round of Access Survey was conducted in 2018 in four member museums: The National Museum of Leskovac, NI Institute and Museum Bitola, Museum of Secret Surveillance: House of Leaves in Tirana and Museum of Vojvodina in Novi Sad. The…
“Thanks to taking part in the Access Survey process the National Museum of Leskovac was able to fulfill the basic human rights of disabled people who are now actively involved in the social and cultural life of the city, as…
For the third time the craftspersons met with the museum professionals, disabled people and disabled people’s’ associations. The third “Crafting Access” workshop took part in the City Museum Zenica (after the workshops in Gjirokastra and Knjaževac) gathering members of the…
The Macedonian National Committee of the International Council of Museums (MNC ICOM), in cooperation with the Balkan Network of Museums and the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle organized a seminar on June 22, 2018. The idea behind this seminar was…
International two day conference around access and inclusion took place in the Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews in Macedonia on 20 – 21 June 2018, gathering 40 museum professionals and disabled people from more than 20 towns of the…