"Spektrum" project
"Spektrum" project
To do this, we collaborate with cultural institutions and research centres from the UK, Italy, Spain and Belgium. One way of gaining knowledge has been through study tours to a number of cultural institutions in the cities where our partners operate.
The activities included an analysis of the current educational offer, accessibility of cultural institutions, exchange of good practices and inspiration to develop new measures in Poland for visitors with ASD and their families.
We invited employees of Polish cultural institutions and people working in organisations to take part in the Spektrum w Muzeum (Spektrum in the Museum) survey, from which we collected responses on experiences and observations on how people on the autism spectrum experience the exhibitions.
Over the course of the project, we worked with our partners to develop practical tools for museums to help assess what measures the institution needs to implement in order to be more open to people with ASD and their families.
During a study tour in Madrid, with the collaboration of staff from the Universidad Nacional De Educación a Distancia (UNED), project participants, we produced a series of educational videos with partners discussing some of the aspects of adapting a museum to the preferences of people with ASD.
The project was accompanied by changes at the National Museum in Krakow itself - as part of testing solutions and gaining experience, we introduced quiet hours and equipped our branches with sensory baskets and quiet areas for people with special sensory needs.
For World Autism Awareness Day, 2 April 2022, we have arranged an alternative guided tour of the Vilhelm Hammershoi exhibition, led by and for people on the autism spectrum by Maja Luxenberg, an actress, educator and self-advocate as well as a member of Fundacja Dziewczyny w Spektrum (the Girls on the Spectrum Foundation).
We are planning to hold training sessions for museum employees from Krakow and Lesser Poland (and maybe not only?), bringing awareness to the needs of people with autism - the first such opportunity is created by open day conference of the Spektrum Project on the 6 October 2022.
WE INVITE YOU TO USE THE TOOLS DEVELOPED BY THE PROJECT TEAM! -> downloads
Partners:
FARO. Vlaams Steunpunt Voor Cultureel Erfgoed VZW
Center for Museum Education of the Roma Tre University
Roma Tre University
Universidad Nacional De Educacuin a Distancia
Outside in Pathways
For more information, please contact: Beata Cichy: bcichy@mnk.pl i Anna Berkowicz: aberkowicz@mnk.pl | Project duration: 16.03.2020 - 15.10.2022
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SPEKTRUM – meeting in Kraków
The final meeting of SPEKTRUM project took place in Kraków, Poland, from 6th to 8th of October in 2022. The National Museum in Krakow was a host and organiser of events.download
Spektrum - downloadable materials
We invite you to familiarize yourself with the effects of the cooperation of the National Museum in Krakow with cultural institutions and research centers from Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Belgium.
The National Museum in Krakow declares institution's corporate social responsibility mission
The National Museum in Krakow, as one of the most important cultural institutions in the country, develops standards of operation that can become a model for other entities. One of the challenges associated with this role was to create a document regulating the obligations of the NMK in the field of social responsibility. As important as the new implementations are in this case, it is just as important to transparently communicate the changes being made. This was the purpose of the meeting and mission presentation that took place on October 6, 2022 at the MNK Main Building.
Project Spektrum | online course
Open online course, intended for employees of museums, cultural institutions and everyone who would like to make their space more friendly for people with ASD.
Spektrum - behind the scenes of the project
The National Museum in Krakow is hosting an international educational project devoted to adapting the institution to the needs of people with autism spectrum. I asked our staff for information on this: Anna Berkowicz, Iwona Parzyńska, Beata Cichy and Katarzyna Szczygieł - participants and co-ordinators of the project.Each of them described it with a few words.