Museo dei Popoli e delle Culture: accessibility

How to get there by public transport
M1 underground line (Lotto or Amendola stops), buses 49 and 78, trolley buses 90 and 91.
For more information on ATM public transport, please visit:
https://www.atm.it/en/ViaggiaConNoi/Disabili/Pages/ATMperidisabili.aspx

Parking
PIME has a free internal car park (entrance from Via Mosè Bianchi 94). Two parking lots are reserved for people with disabilities and they are at the entrance of the Museum. In via Monte Rosa, about 30 m. from the Museum, there are two parking lots reserved for disabled parking permit holders. It is also possible to park along the blue stripes.
For more information on traffic and where to park, please visit:
https://www.comune.milano.it/aree-tematiche/mobilita/servizi-per-le-disabilita

Information for visitors
Free entrance for people with disabilities and their companions.
The museum proposes two itineraries for people affected by cognitive disability whose aim is the active involvement of participants and to stimulate their interest in works of art through sensory exploration and the use of different learning tools.

Entrance
The museum has two entrances. If you choose the entrance in Via Monterosa, you'll find a large gate, two sets of 9 steps (h. 16 cm) and a hinged door (127 cm wide). The steps can be avoided by using the stair lift (ask for the key at the ticket office). The entrance in Via Mosè Bianchi, for those parking inside PIME, has 10 consecutive steps (h. 14 cm) that can be avoided thanks to a stairlift and a hinged door (127 cm wide).

Reception
In the entrance hall you can find:

• the infopoint (counter height 74 cm)
• the ticket office (counter height 74 cm)
• a bookshop (counter height 74 cm)

The museum staff is at your disposal for information and tourist reception services.

Lift
The lift connecting the ground floor to  floor -1 has the following characteristics:

• door width: 100 cm; cabin inner space: 114 x 141 cm
• Lift push buttons panel with embossed Braille printing at a maximum height of 90 cm.
• Acoustic and visual signal on arrival at the floor.

Exhibition layout
The Museum of Peoples and Cultures is an exhibition of works of oriental art and ethnography, founded in 1910 on the initiative of the PIME missionaries. The exhibition itinerary develops on one floor (floor -1) with collections of bronzes, ceramics, clothes, coins, masks from China, Africa and Latin America. At the entrance of the exhibition, a multimedia station (h 70 cm from the ground) with documentaries (without subtitles) in Italian and English is available to visitors to raise visitors' awareness on non-European cultures. In the exhibition rooms, the collections are arranged according to topics, ranging from oriental philosophies to fabrics, rituals and daily life. The African mask room is equipped with a touch monitor with audio-visual documentaries with subtitles. Continuing the itinerary, you will find a room dedicated to China where you can watch audio-visual documentaries using headphones (no subtitles).Then you can admire the "Novus Atlas Sinensis" by the Jesuit  Martino Martini: this is the first geographical atlas of China, printed in Amsterdam in 1655, that showed China to Europe. The original is displayed in a double showcase (h 80 cm from the ground).  Visitors can view a multimedia explanatory copy of the geographical atlas in touch format (with audio and subtitles).
The exhibition rooms have seats and armchairs (seat height: 46 cm).
At the end of the exhibition itinerary, a room is dedicated to teaching. The room has 50 seats and is furnished with four-legged tables (free space below h 72 cm) and chairs (h 45 cm).
It can be reached by passing in succession: a hinged door (h 122 cm), 2 steps (h 15 cm) that can be overcome by an inclined ramp (slope of 4% - length 6 m) with handrail on the right side (h 102 cm).

Orientation signage
In the building there are directional arrows with high contrast and large lettering (at least 7 cm).

Restrooms
The disabled bathroom facilities are located at the start of the exhibition layout and have the following specifications:

• dressing room with 88 cm wide sliding door
• suspended washbasin (space in front 116 cm)
• bathroom with 90 cm wide sliding door
• suspended washbasin (space in front 223 cm)
• suspended toilet (clear space: in front 130 cm; to the right side: 26 cm and 128 cm to the left side, horizontal handle to the right of the WC, hand shower to the right and handrails along the perimeter)
• changing table (h. 91 cm)

• high contrast symbols indicating toilet facilities, positioned at eye level, using medium to large size letters.

Emergency exits
Emergency routes are well indicated. An acoustic alarm is installed.