MIC Museo Interattivo del Cinema: accessibility

How to get there by public transport
M5 underground line (Bicocca), 31 bus and 7 tram.
For more information on urban transport accessibility, please visit the ATM website: 
https://www.atm.it/en/ViaggiaConNoi/Disabili/Pages/ATMperidisabili.aspx

Parking
There's a parking space for disabled pass holders at Viale Fulvio Testi, outside Bicocca underground station. Cars can also be parked on the blue lines along the street.
For more information on traffic and parking in Milan, please visit:
https://www.comune.milano.it/aree-tematiche/mobilita/servizi-per-le-disabilita

Entrance
There's a broad entrance gate on the street (488 cm wide) followed by two double panelled doors (each 92 cm wide) which lead to the entrance hall. The entrance to the MIC, on the right, has a hinged door (120 cm wide).

Direction signs
There are direction signs in the building with clearly visible characters in large print (at least 7 cm).

Reception
The MIC entrance hall contains:

• the ticket office (counter height 110 cm)
• the info point (counter height 110 cm)

The museum staff can provide information and assistance.

Lift
A lift connects the two floors of the museum. It has the following specifications:

• door width 97 cm, internal space 138x114 cm
• internal pushbutton in Braille and in relief (h 123 cm)
• acoustic and visual signal on arrival at the floor
• emergency alarm bell (h 100 cm).

Exhibition layout
The Interactive Cinema Museum (MIC), based on a joint project by the Italian Cinema Foundation and the Lombardy Region, is housed in the former tobacco warehouse. The museum tells the history of cinema in an original way, by surrounding the visitor with maps, information boards and interactive descriptions, from which a made to measure visit can be created.
The exhibition spaces are on the ground and mezzanine floors, which are connected to each other by 5 steps (h 15 cm), which can be avoided by using the elevator platform.
An interactive wall marks the start of the exhibition layout, and contains brief testimonies from actors, directors and visitors. To interact with the wall, go to the footprints marked on the floor and point to the part of the video that you want to see. There are three 'talking cabinets' along the route, in which the visitors can watch films with an Italian soundtrack, and two interactive touch screen tables (h 70 cm), the first with posters kept in the historic archives of the Cinema Foundation and the second dedicated to children, who can learn how to make a short animated film.
An interactive cube known as "mash machine" (102 cm from floor height) allows the visitors to experiment with music. When the coloured cube is slid along the illuminated surface, it produces vocal sounds.
There are 5 video projectors along the corridor leading to the cinema hall, which reproduce images from films without soundtrack on 7 screens (110 cm from floor height).
The entrance to the cinema hall has two consecutive double panelled doors (each panel is 87 cm wide). The cinema hall seats 84. 2 of the seats, situated at the back of the hall, are reserved for wheelchair users and those accompanying them.

Bathroom facilities
The disabled bathroom is on the ground floor, near the cinema hall. It has the following specifications:

• anteroom with a 90 cm wide hinged door and baby changing area
• bathroom with a 90 cm wide hinged door
• floor mounted WC (space in front 100 cm, 195 cm to the right, 19 cm to the left, horizontal handle to the right)
• clearly visible toilet signs at eye height, medium to large character sizes.

Emergency exits
The emergency exists are signposted. An acoustic alarm is installed.