Museums and galleries in the Czech Republic are opening their doors to disabled visitors to an ever greater extent. Buildings are being altered to give access to wheelchairs and exhibitions now have special touch sections for the blind who can learn something about selected exhibits in this way. By touching copies of the exhibits they can perceive the shape and distinctive character of the object and create an impression in their mind of individual artistic styles. There are special touch tours for blind children enabling them to appreciate important works of art by Czech and international sculptors and woodcarvers.
The largest number of this kind of exhibit can be found at the National Gallery in Prague. At the Convent of St Agnes there is also a special touch exhibition made up of casts of medieval Czech sculpture; at the Convent of St George an exhibition called A Touch of Baroque features sculptural works from the 17th and 18th centuries; Zbraslav Chateau has a touch exhibition of Japanese sculpture.
