Canceled! Museums for All—Spotlight on Neurodiversity!

This mcbw tour shows visitors to the Deutsches Museum how safe spaces are designed, overstimulation is prevented, and inclusion is integrated into the exhibition concept.

Today, museums are more than just places of learning, they are spaces for experience, meeting places, and fields of experimentation. The diversity of visitors is not the exception, but the norm. A visit to a museum can quickly lead to sensory overload due to the multitude of visual and auditory impressions, crowds, exhibits, lighting, and the sheer density of the space, and not just for neurodivergent visitors. A forward-looking educational institution therefore faces the task of recognising these needs, taking them seriously, and responding to them.

In the context of Playground of Possibilities, this programme item highlights neurodiversity as a natural component of inclusion in museums. People on the neurodiverse spectrum are part of all areas of society, taking their different perceptions and needs into account is the mission of forward-looking educational institutions. Using the Museum as an example, we will demonstrate how the creation of safe spaces provides places of refuge that offer relief from sensory overload and open up new avenues for accessibility, participation, and visitor-centred design.

The meeting point is on Level 0 at the Info Desk, at the Deutsches Museum Corneliusbrücke entrance.

Information for guests with hearing impairments:
We provide a mobile induction loop system for hearing amplification during guided tours.
Further information on accessibility can be found at:
https://www.deutsches-museum.de/museumsinsel/besuch/barrierefreiheit