--- type: page title: Inclusion at the Museum language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/your-visit/inclusion-museum" --- # Inclusion at the Museum The Belvedere is a place of engagement. We have established [guiding principles](#AMuseumforAllofUs) to ensure an inclusive museum experience for all. They help us put inclusion into action. Our inclusive programs are created through collaboration with focus groups and industry experts to shape the museum and offer an engaging exhibition experience. ![Tastmodell Messerschmidt "Zweiten Schnabelkopf " — Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_aspect1_5__561x374/public/2023-12/OB%20Schausammlung%20Tastmodell%20Messerschmidt-10%20%282%29.jpg.webp?itok=Gb_ZNGF-) ## Program Book [private guided tours ](https://www.belvedere.at/en/on-request-groups?search=inclusive)for your group. - [**Timeless Beauty**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/veranstaltung/timeless-beauty-art-people-dementia-or-memory-loss-0?) — Participation-oriented tours for People with Dementia or Memory Loss. - [**Seeing Differently**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/veranstaltung/seeing-differently-love-death-and-life-0?) — Inclusive art viewing with a focus on multisensory experiences for sighted, visually impaired and blind visitors. - [**Plain Language**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/veranstaltung/plain-language-art-everyone-0) — Experience art and discuss your thoughts and questions in straightforward and accessible language. - [**Guiding Hands**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/veranstaltung/guiding-hands-exploring-museum-using-sign-language-0?) — Guided Tours presented in international sign language. ## Options for a Self-guided Visit - [**Tactile Stations**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/taststationen) — The Upper Belvedere offers touchable replicas of works by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Master I.P., and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt for blind, visually impaired, and sighted visitors alike. - [**Video Guides**](https://app.smartify.org/de-DE/tours/ogs-tour?tourLanguage=en-GB) — In our video guide in Austrian and international sign language, interpreters (native signers) accompany you through the Upper Belvedere. The project was produced in collaboration with the Association for the Deaf, WITAF. - [**Audio description**](https://app.smartify.org/de-DE/tours/audiodeskription-schau-die-sammlung-des-belvedere-von-cranach-bis-lassnig?tourLanguage=en-GB) — Listen to detailed commentaries about the Belvedere’s architecture, history, and artworks from its collection. This audio guide offers in-depth audio descriptions and opens up new ways of engaging with art. ## Your Visit Upper Belvedere ##### **Reduced Tickets** Visitors with a Disability Card Menschen mit Behindertenpass € 8,00 Companion (Need noted on Disability Card) Begleitperson (Bedarf im Behindertenpass vermerkt) € 0,00 ##### **Parking** The parking area for people with disabilities is located next to the entrance of the Upper Belvedere at Prinz Eugen-Straße 27. ##### **Entrance** Ground level access through the main entrance: two single-leaf, heavy doors with a clearance width of 102 cm. Lower Belvedere ##### **Reduced Tickets** Visitors with a Disability Card Menschen mit Behindertenpass € 8,00 Companion (Need noted on Disability Card) Begleitperson (Bedarf im Behindertenpass vermerkt) € 0,00 ##### **Parking** Ground level access through the main entrance: two single-leaf, heavy doors with a clearance width of 102 cm. ##### **Entrance** A ramp next to the main entrance in the courtyard of Rennweg 6, 1030 Vienna, provides barrier-free access. Belvedere 21 ##### **Reduced Tickets** Visitors with a Disability Card Menschen mit Behindertenpass € 5,00 Companion (Need noted on Disability Card) Begleitperson (Bedarf im Behindertenpass vermerkt) € 0,00 ##### **Parking** One designated parking space for people with disabilities, accessible via Arsenalstraße 1, 1030 Vienna. ##### **Entrance** Ground level access through the main entrance: automatic double swing doors. The sculpture garden offers barrier-free access. General Information for all Venues ##### **Elevator** All areas are accessible by elevator. ##### **Service Dogs** Service dogs must be certified in Austria and listed in the Disability Card to be allowed at all locations. ##### **Belvedere Gardens** The pathway through the park connecting the Upper and Lower Belvedere is not barrier-free. ##### **Toilets** Accessible toilets for wheelchair users are provided. ##### **Visitor Seating** Seating accommodations are available in the exhibition galleries. ##### **Wheelchairs** Wheelchairs for visitors with disabilities are readily available at all cloakrooms and the Belvedere 21 ticket office. ##### **Shop & Café** The shop and café are accessible for wheelchair users. Access to the Upper Belvedere is through the *IN-SiGHT* special exhibition galleries. ##### **Kulturpass** The *Kulturpass* entitles you to free museum admission and a complimentary audio guide. People at risk of poverty in Austria, asylum seekers and refugees holding a displaced person's ID are entitled to a so-called *Kulturpass* from the *Aktion Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur*. Click [here](https://www.hungeraufkunstundkultur.at/jart/prj3/hakuk/main.jart?reserve-mode=reserve&content-id=1482242680324&rel=de) to download the *Kulturpass* mobile app. You can pick up your free ticket at one of our offices. ## A Museum for All of Us! What do we mean by an inclusive museum, and how can art education play a role? How can we foster a better understanding of diversity? Can a museum be more inclusive than society at large? What steps can we take to address the need for inclusion in art education? **Mediating for greater inclusion** 1. Inclusion is essential to democracy – inclusion is essential to museums. 2. We want our programs to be made for and by people with disabilities. 3. We want to work in teams that are inclusive. 4. Accessibility is a legal requirement and makes life easier for everyone. 5. When people with and without disabilities come together, guided tours are inclusive. 6. All projects where self-advocates and experts work with us on their own behalf are paid a fair wage. 7. The Art Education Department is constantly expanding its range of inclusive services, including tactile models, Braille, plain language, and sign language translation. 8. We want to raise awareness. Understanding inclusion is necessary to put it into practice. 9. Equal participation and the integration of different perspectives require commitment and dedication. We are enthusiastic about taking this on! ## Thoughts on Inclusion *„Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”* – Article 27 (The right to freely participate in cultural life) Universal Declaration of Human Rights *“To me, emotions aren’t just an addition to information; they are an essential component of the information.”* – Franz M., a participant in an “Anders Sehen” tour. *„Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance.“* – Verna Myers ## Contact ![Zwei Begleithunde und Person im Rollstuhl — © Belvedere, Wien](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-03/DSC07750.jpg.webp?itok=BxsZ-8K5) #### Art Mediation ##### Julia Haimburger Monday to Friday (Except on holidays): 9 am to 12 am T: [+ 43 1 795 57-134](tel:+43179557-134) E-Mail: [**public@belvedere.at**](mailto:public@belvedere.at) #### **Getting there** **Upper Belvedere** Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27, 1030 Vienna **Lower Belvedere** Rennweg 6, 1030 Vienna **Belvedere 21** Arsenalstraße 1, 1030 Vienna