Press Release - Acknowledgment/Acknowledgments

The Kazantzakis Museum has completed the project "Kazantzakis for all: improving accessibility to the author's work and the Museum of the same name", which was funded by the Ministry of Culture under its program for actions of museums of modern culture.

The Museum's Permanent Exhibition is now partially accessible to the visually impaired through a central tactile path. The route includes eight stations with special signage in large letters and Braille code in Greek and English, relief maps for navigation, tactile objects to increase the experience through touch, an audio guide, an inclusive video, and, finally, selected informative texts, an anthology of the author's texts and audiobooks. In the context of the opening of the project and this year's International Museum Day, two related actions took place on the weekend of May 21-22, 2022. On Saturday, there was a special guided tour of the Permanent Exhibition and the tactile route for members of the Regional Association of the Blind of Crete. On Sunday, the family awareness training program "Reach where you can't" was implemented, where through the objects of Nikos Kazantzakis and the tactile route of the Permanent Exhibition, the participants "discovered" visual impairment and the accessibility of people with visual impairments in museum spaces.

The Museum expresses its thanks to the members of the Regional Union of Crete and their companions, who attended the tour on May 21st, as well as to the families who participated in the educational program on May 22nd, honoring the Kazantzakis Museum with their presence on this very special occasion dot. The implementation of the accessibility project could not have been possible without the help of a multitude of collaborators from different disciplines and professional backgrounds, whom the Museum thanks for their cooperation. He owes warm thanks primarily to the organizations of visually impaired people in Greece, the Lighthouse of the Blind of Greece, and especially the printing department and Mrs. Kalliopi Ghika, in charge of the Museum of Touch, for her excellent cooperation throughout the project, of the National Federation of the Blind and especially it's Vice President Mr. Panagiotis Markostamos for his fruitful advice, as well as the Regional Association of the Blind of Crete and especially Mr. Menos Markodimitrakis who is always next to the Museum.

The visual impairment awareness training program, "Reach Where You Can't", will be integrated into the museum's training programs and with the new school year will be offered as an option to the educational community.