2023-10-01 10:29:26
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 3 hours ago, Updated now
The “tactile gallery”, intended for the discovery of sculpture, offers 80 square meters of exhibition which will allow you to understand the evolution of this art of sculpture from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Raphael Chipault/Louvre Museum
Reproductions of works, arranged at a height suitable for all audiences, allow an original approach to this art.
Encouragement to touch, Braille signs, sign language, games: the Louvre Museum is opening a new multisensory space from Thursday, dedicated to the discovery of sculpture by all audiences. This new spaceeducational and inclusive» of 80 m2, visited by AFP on Wednesday, is located under the paintings galleries which house The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. It was designed on the basis of the very first “touch gallery» of the museum, created in 1995 to make the museum more accessible to the visually impaired public, at the heart of the sculpture department, said Sophie Hervet, head of the graphic and digital mediation department.
From the Middle Ages to the 19th century
«We decided to renew the concept by giving general keys to understanding to visitors to answer the questions they ask in the museum space.“, explained Stéphanie Deschamps-Tan, chief curator in the sculpture department. Casts to touch, Braille labels, sign language tours, stories of works to listen to, audio descriptions, tactile plaques (marble, bronze) as well as supports allowing manipulations allow all audiences to discover and understand Middle Age sculpture Age in the 19th century.
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Clay, marble, wood, plaster… The materials and their natural environments, the sculptor’s workshop and the functions of the sculpted works as well as the tools used to create them are thus presented. Louis touching them.
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