Welcome to all !
The Solutré Prehistory Museum has been awarded the "Tourism and Disability" label since 2012, an official distinction covering all four types of disabilities (hearing, mental, motor, and visual). This label demonstrates the museum's commitment to providing a inclusive, accessible and quality experience to all of its visitors.
visitors with visual impairments
The museum provides you with:
- Un audioguide to discover the museum (permanent exhibition) and the archaeological and botanical park
- Un visit booklet in large print, presenting the main themes of the museum
- Un tactile book (haptic, in braille) to discover Prehistory in Solutré
- 4 educational kits "From Matter to Object" containing facsimiles and reproductions on themes presented in the museum: flint knapping, prehistoric tools, prehistoric daily life, prehistoric arts. 4 audio guides allowing independent exploration of the educational kits
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A dedicated offer
Groups of children for one day (morning and afternoon)
- Sensory tour of the museum to discover the site, objects and materials from Prehistory through touch, sound and smells, thanks to a activity kit developed by the Livre-Atelier association: the story of Paléa, child of Prehistory.
Workshop on a theme of your choice:
- – Prehistoric arts (sculpture, musical instruments, making of ornaments),
– The life of hunter-gatherers (leather weapons and equipment) or the prehistoric camp (clothing, tents and bags made of skin, sewing with a bone needle).
Adult groups
Sensory tour of the museum to discover the site, the environment and prehistoric objects, presentation of human evolution through casts of skulls and reproductions of prehistoric tools.
visitors with hearing disabilities
- A magnetic induction terminal for hearing assistance at the museum reception
- 5 digital tablets containing a descriptive accompaniment of the 4 educational kits “From matter to object” containing facsimiles and reproductions on themes presented in the museum: flint knapping, prehistoric tools, prehistoric daily life, prehistoric arts
- audio guides compatible with magnetic induction headphones
- Un visit booklet reproducing the entire text of the audio guides
- subtitled videos throughout the entire route.
visitors with mental, cognitive or psychological disabilities
- Un visit booklet in Easy to Read and Understand
- Un illustrated tour route integrated into the museum's scenography
- Un simplified plan rooms and main collection objects, a simplified plan of the Archaeological Park
visitors with motor disabilities
- adapted display cases in height for better visibility
- Un Wheelchair available at reception
- walking stick seats made available at the museum reception for people with walking difficulties
Please note: A registered and classified historical monument, the archaeological site converted into an archaeological and botanical park adjacent to the museum is not accessible to people with reduced mobility or to visitors with mobility difficulties.
PREPARE YOUR VISIT
The museum has two reserved parking spaces for people with disabilities, located immediately in front of the entrance to make your visit easier. Please ask the reception staff for free access to visitor assistance tools, depending on your disability.
Solène, cultural mediatorA museum for all audiences
The Museum of Prehistory is keen to welcome all audiences and offer them an immersion in Prehistory by engaging the senses.
Contact us to prepare your visit or create your tailor-made offer.
For people with reduced mobility, the Randicap Solidaire 71 association accompanies you on the trails of the Grand Site.
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