Online event
Date: June 9, 2025
Time: from 6pm to 7pm
Live stream on YouTube from the Ipiranga Museum.
With simultaneous translation in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language).
Free registration until June 8th: https://forms.gle/NHj5H9Lq5WhQQYZE8
Access is also about knowing. With a commitment to expanding access to cultural content for all audiences, the Ipiranga Museum is carrying out this activity. Accessible audiobooks: inclusion in the exhibitions of the Ipiranga Museum.. The initiative discusses the inclusion of audio description features in the catalogs of temporary exhibitions. Sitting, Storing, and Sleeping: The Brazilian House Museum and the Paulista Museum in Dialogue e Where There's Smoke: Art and the Climate Emergency.
The aim of this initiative is to introduce the public to the process of creating audiobooks and to highlight the importance of accessibility in museum practices. Through a live discussion with professionals involved in the project, the event invites the public to reflect on how different forms of cultural mediation contribute to strengthening a more inclusive and democratic museum experience.
The live stream will feature the participation of Vinicius Caetano, educator at the Ipiranga Museum and of Rafael Publio, partner at Santa Causa, the company responsible for producing audiobooks with audio description. The discussion panel will be moderated by Denise Peixoto, supervisor of Education, Museography and Cultural Action at the Museum.
During the meeting, the accessibility measures of the Museum's current temporary exhibition will also be presented., Design and Everyday Life in the Azevedo Moura Collection, This reinforces the continuity of accessibility initiatives in the institution's curatorial projects. The new exhibition opened on the 27th and will remain on display until September 28th.
This is a special opportunity to learn about the accessibility resources available in the Museum's exhibitions and to get a behind-the-scenes look at how we are building a more accessible, diverse, and inclusive cultural institution.
