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Visual disability
Circulation, color contrast, sensory devices... Mucem makes sure that visitors with visual impairments have a comfortable and accessible experience.
The presence of a companion is strongly recommended.
Visually impaired visitors can borrow magnifying glasses free of charge from the checkroom.
Assistance dogs and canes with mouthpieces are allowed in the museum.
Multisensory tours of temporary exhibitions
Mucem offers visually impaired visitors the chance to discover temporary exhibitions during audio-description guided tours, which can be accompanied by multi-sensory devices.
Reservations and practical information
- Duration of audio tour of temporary exhibitions: 1h30
- Price: €5 for the visually impaired and free for the companion(the presence of the companion is strongly recommended).
- Reservations required on 04 84 35 13 13 or reservation@mucem.org
- Access / Meeting point : Hall du J4
Upcoming visits
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Multisensory tour of "Don Quixote
Audio-description exhibition tours
Mucem offers visually impaired visitors the chance to discover temporary exhibitions during audio-description guided tours, which can be accompanied by multi-sensory devices.
Don Quixote is a two-volume book written by Miguel de Cervantes in the early 1600s. The title of the book is named after the main character. He is a whimsical, anachronistic anti-hero. His adventures between reality and fiction are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the visual and performing arts. The exhibition features 200 works illustrating the book’s best-known characters and episodes.
Multisensory tours of temporary exhibitions are organized in partnership with IRSAM Arc-en-ciel.On Saturday, Mar 14, 2026
at 11h
J4 / Hall
Visite multisensorielle de l'architecture du Mucem
Visites d'exposition en audio-description
Le Mucem propose aux visiteurs déficients visuels de découvrir les expositions temporaires lors de visites guidées en audio-description qui peuvent être accompagnées de dispositifs multisensoriels.
Imaginé par Rudy Ricciotti, le J4 est le bâtiment principal du Mucem. Il est relié par de célèbres passerelles au fort Saint-Jean, un monument historique emblématique de Marseille, ainsi qu’au quartier historique de Marseille : le Panier. Lors de cette visite guidée, venez découvrir la forme, les matériaux et les espaces architecturaux du Mucem.
Les visites multisensorielles des expositions temporaires sont réalisées en partenariat avec l’IRSAM Arc-en-ciel.On Saturday, Apr 18, 2026
at 11h
J4 / Hall
Visite multisensorielle de l'exposition « Bonnes Mères »
Visites d'exposition en audio-description
Le Mucem propose aux visiteurs déficients visuels de découvrir les expositions temporaires lors de visites guidées en audio-description qui peuvent être accompagnées de dispositifs multisensoriels.
Depuis quatre millénaires, la maternité est au cœur de récits, de rites et d’images qui façonnent les sociétés. L’exposition « Bonnes Mères » consacre ainsi la maternité méditerranéenne comme objet de construction sociale, enjeu politique et sujet artistique dans un parcours immersif et diachronique retraçant son histoire de l’Antiquité à nos jours, dans un va-et-vient permanent entre les époques et les œuvres.
Les visites multisensorielles des expositions temporaires sont réalisées en partenariat avec l’IRSAM Arc-en-ciel.Le Saturday, May 9, 2026
Le Saturday, Jun 13, 2026at 11h
J4 / Hall
Visite multisensorielle de l'exposition « Mossi, la mode aussi »
Visites d'exposition en audio-description
Le Mucem propose aux visiteurs déficients visuels de découvrir les expositions temporaires lors de visites guidées en audio-description qui peuvent être accompagnées de dispositifs multisensoriels.
Après le succès de l’exposition « Fashion Folklore », le Mucem consacre en 2026 une exposition à Mossi Traoré, créateur atypique de la scène française, pour qui la couture est à la fois terrain d’expérimentation, outil de transmission et langage collectif. Pensée en étroite collaboration avec l’artiste, l’exposition propose une immersion dans un univers où la mode dialogue avec les cultures populaires, les arts urbains et les savoir-faire traditionnels.
Les visites multisensorielles des expositions temporaires sont réalisées en partenariat avec l’IRSAM Arc-en-ciel.On Saturday, Jul 18, 2026
at 11h
J4 / Hall
Souffleurs d’Images, a free accessibility service
Souffleurs d’Images is a free, personalized accessibility service offering visually impaired and blind people access to the cultural event of their choice within our network of partners. The volunteer, an art student, cultural professional or artist, describes and blows to a visually impaired or blind person, the elements that are invisible to him or her, for the duration of an exhibition or show.
At the Mucem, Souffleurs d’image allows you to enjoy the cultural program or discover the exhibitions either with the help of sensory tours and audiodescriptions, or in support of the guided tours offered by Mucem guides.
Reservations must be made at least 15 days before the date of the tour or show.
- by calling 06 40 65 69 38,
- by e-mail: souffleursdimages@souffleursdesens.org
The meeting place will be arranged by the volunteer blower and the person being accompanied.
Tactile tour
Designed to meet the needs of visually impaired and blind visitors, the trails are integrated into the permanent exhibits and accessible to all visitors. Each tactile object is accompanied by a text in large print and Braille.
These routes can be explored during a guided tour or every day with the audioguide. The audioguide is loaned free of charge to visually impaired visitors at the Mucem main ticket office. Audio-described content can also be downloaded prior to the visit, enabling visitors to use their own listening equipment.
Alternatively, they can be viewed on your phone or tablet via the free webapp visit.mucem.org.
Audio descriptions
Audiodescriptions of the Collector's Journey "Popular?
Introduction(MPEG,11333 ko)
The window of curiosities(MPEG,7540 ko)
Le petit bureau du cinéma(MPEG,9123 ko)
Once upon a pedestal table(MPEG,8703 ko)
The costumed hairdresser(MPEG,3650 ko)
The kitchen of memories(MPEG,9831 ko)
The snow-covered veranda(MPEG,3650 ko)
Throughout the ” Populaire? ” exhibition, a multi-sensory tour for the general public, accessible to people with visual, motor and mental disabilities, punctuates the visit.
It’s a sensitive, poetic device made up of 7 stations in a retro universe, inviting visitors to discover and handle the collection of a fictional character, the eccentric collector. Travel souvenirs, films, masks… as the character gleans his finds, everyone can discover or rediscover the popular imagination associated with everyday objects that have become emblematic, a sort of “Proust’s madeleines” that awaken emotions, sensations and memories.
Design and production: Chouette fluo and Esprit Volume
Audiodescriptions of "Méditerranées
Introduction(MPEG,11006 ko)
Antique orders and caryatids(MPEG,8333 ko)
The Venus of Arles(MPEG,7158 ko)
Exhibiting Algeria around 1900(MPEG,7158 ko)
The jewels(MPEG,7458 ko)
Berber ceramics(MPEG,8771 ko)
The sensory tour of the ” Méditerranées” exhibition features an introductory station and tactile interpretations of five major themes in the exhibition.
Design and production: Tactile Studio
The audioguide
The audioguide features audio-description for in-depth reading of the elements of the tactile tours. It has been designed for easy use by the visually impaired.
The device features large buttons and a marker at the 5.
The audioguide is free for disabled visitors and their companions.
It is available from the J4 ticket office.
Group tours
Special time slots are reserved for groups, enabling us to offer a particularly warm welcome and mediation services.
Guided tour
- Price: €50.
- Rates for guided tours include booking, lecture and audiophone equipment (subject to availability).
- Reservations must be made at least 3 weeks in advance.
Self-guided tour
- Reservation rights free of charge.
- Disabled visitors are entitled to free admission for themselves and a companion. Proof of disability is required.
- Reservations must be made at least 1 week in advance.
Information and reservations every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. :
- Tel: 04 84 35 13 13
- SMS: 06 07 26 29 62 (for the deaf and hearing-impaired)
- Mail: reservation@mucem.org
When booking, please specify the disabilities of the people in your group. They present:
- locomotion difficulties
- sensory difficulties
- comprehension difficulties
- concentration difficulties
- other difficulties?
This information is invaluable for the comfort of your visit. It will help the Musem’s reception and mediation staff to better welcome your group. On the day of your visit, please present your booking confirmation at the group reception desk.
Newsletter
To receive the newsletter dedicated to activities accessible to the visually impaired: handicap@mucem.org.