Accessible audiovisual content for the Museo di San Marco e Cenacoli in Florence

The Regional Directorate of the Musei Nazionali della Toscana has launched a project aimed at making the experience of visiting the Museo di San Marco and Cenacoli more accessible and engaging for all. Among the various initiatives designed to overcome physical and cognitive barriers, the project includes the development of tools that will enable visitors – including those with visual, hearing and/or mobility impairments – to explore the rich cultural heritage of these sites, both during on-site visits and remotely.

The General Directorate for Museums has recognised the importance of enhancing the accessibility of the content at the Museo di San Marco and Cenacoli, involving representatives from specific audiences to whom the content is particularly relevant in the design of new tools aimed at this goal. BAM! Strategie Culturali, with the support of technical partners Inera and Associazione Fedora, has been commissioned to create the content by designing and implementing a process to engage representatives from the target audience.

The project team, comprising experienced developers and accessibility professionals within the cultural sector, with a particular focus on disabilities, is working closely with the management, curators and architects of the General Directorate for Tuscan Museums to design and develop a range of audiovisual content. This content includes subtitles and interpretation in Italian Sign Language (LIS), as well as subtitles and interpretation in International Sign Language (IS), all designed to describe the spaces within the circuit and some of the key works on display.

A mobile app is also being developed, designed to make multimedia content easily accessible both during visits to the premises and remotely.

To better understand the needs and gather ideas and suggestions from representatives of the target audience for this content, BAM! organised an exploratory walk, involving the Florence branches of the Unione Italiana Ciechi (Italian Union of the Blind) and the Ente Nazionale Sordi (National Deaf Association). The group visit took place at several locations along the circuit, supported by data collection forms, to collaboratively build a shared vision and transform the identified needs into concrete, sustainable solutions for a genuinely accessible visitor experience.

The text on this page has a Gulpease index of 43.5, meaning that it has an average-to-high level of reading difficulty and comprehension, consistent with the type of audience for which it was written (professionals in the cultural heritage sector).

The Gulpease index is a very useful tool for evaluating the readability of a text in Italian. Find out more on our Accessibility page.

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