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Summary

The National Portrait Gallery opens it "Haptic Gallery," a permanent installation of specially made casts of eleven sculptures, enabling the blind and others to experience the works through touch. Braille labels and an audio narrative are also provided.

Subject

  • National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)
  • Haptic Gallery (Images for the Blind) (Exhibition) (1979: Washington, D.C.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1979, p. 361

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

March 1, 1979

Topic

  • Art
  • Sculpture
  • People with disabilities
  • Exhibitions
  • Museums
  • Museums and people with disabilities
  • Art objects
  • Museum visitors
  • Disabilities

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