Multisensory Approach to Museum Accessibility and Experience Enhancement

The study investigates a multisensory approach to accessibility in museums, highlighting the importance of its diverse dimensions in enhancing the experience for visitors with visual impairments. Utilizing qualitative research methods, the study explores the physical, intellectual, and emotional accessibility dimensions of the museum education project in the Memorial Museum Raiņa un Aspazijas vasarnīca. The study highlights successful approaches in stimulating intellectual and emotional accessibility. It reveals that the stimulation of emotions, memories, and imagination might play the most important role in successful implementation of the multisensory approach, allowing all visitors – both individuals with visual impairments and those without – to greatly enhance the overall museum experience and form a more intimate and personal connection with the content.