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Municipal Tobacco Museum

General description

It was built around the end of the decade of 1900 as a tobacco warehouse by the Turkish tobacco merchant Kizi Mimin. The building now belongs to Kavala’s City Council which refurbished it so that it can house a wide variety of cultural activities and events.

Accessibility description

Name: Tobacco Museum

Accessibility information about:

All areas (including shops, coffee shops, presentation/event rooms, etc.) and all exhibits/artefacts are always at the reach of wheelchair users too.

All (small) exhibits, artefacts and labels are always placed at an appropriate viewing/reach zone for wheelchair users too (e.g., within a zone of 0.75 to 1.35 m height).

Note: There are exhibits, signs or labels placed horizontally at exhibition stands and at inappropriate heights for wheelchair users to be able to easily see/read.

All signs and labels are non-reflective, with clear typeface and font size, with high contrast, without excessive use of capital fonts, colored fonts, etc.

There are no exhibit signs in Braille or embossed.

All exhibition stands are easily identifiable by white cane users.

There are exhibits in tactile formats available.

There are replicas of exhibits/artefacts that can be bought (e.g., of interest for blind visitors).

The automated guide system available is not accessible/usable by blind/deaf users.

The educational/informational activities held are always taking places in accessible spaces and through accessible set-ups.

The presentations given are not accessible.

There is good lighting to support those who lip read.

Note: Assistant dogs are not allowed.

There is no informational material (such as guides, timetable of the service or other resources) that is made available in alternative accessible formats.

Accessibility information about the following Entry/Exit:

The staff assigned to welcome/inform the visitors has received appropriate training on the needs of and on how to serve persons with disability.

The special-purpose obstacles in place do have enough colour contrast with the environment.

Caution: At the existing desks/service booths/cashiers there is no proper lighting and layout for good visual contact and lips reading.

Caution: There is printed material with information for visitors made available but it is not made available in alternative accessible formats for various categories of readers with disabilities.

The special-purpose obstacles in place do have enough colour contrast with the environment.

Caution: The existing reception desks, service booths or cashiers are not accessible to wheelchairs users.

Caution: At the existing desks/service booths/cashiers there is no proper lighting and layout for good visual contact and lips reading.

Caution: There is printed material with information for visitors made available but it is not made available in alternative accessible formats for various categories of readers with disabilities.

Accessibility information about:

Upper floor(s)

Caution: Τhe walking surface is not slip-resistant, stable and firm enough (e.g., for wheelchair users).

Throughout the floor(s), the walking surface is free of non-tolerable distortions.

Throughout the floor(s), the walking surface has different colour offering high contrast to the walls and other surfaces.

Note: There is no tactile guide for the blind.

Note: There is not always an accessible restroom at the same level.

Where corridors change direction and in other maneuvering zones, there is always the minimum required free space.

Any obstacles, are always outside the minimum required width of 90 cm.

Any such obstacles, are always placed/mounted along the same side of the corridors, so that people with disabilities (including blind persons) can follow the other wall without encountering any obstacles.

Caution: Some mounted obstacles were not found to be projected to the floor and it may not be easily identified by white cane users without risk to get injured.

Caution: The doors are not suitable for persons with restricted mobility and wheelchair users.

Caution: There are special-purpose obstacles used for prohibiting/controlling the visitors' entrance, which restrict the required openings and block the movement of wheelchair users.

There exist desks, offices, cashiers, etc. which are accessible to wheelchairs users.

There is always proper lighting and layout which allow for good visual contact, so deaf persons can easily read the lips of the staff.

Caution: There is printed material with information for visitors made available but it is not made available in alternative accessible formats for various categories of readers with disabilities.

Note: The staff assigned to welcome/inform the visitors has not received any training on the needs of and on how to serve persons with disability.

Note: At the waiting rooms there are no seats reserved for persons with reduced mobility.

Note: At the waiting rooms there are no seats reserved for wheelchair users.

Note: There are fire-protected waiting areas (for emergency cases), which are not also accessible to people with disabilities/wheelchair users.

There are no stairs granting access to upper/lower floor(s).

There are no lifts/elevators granting access to upper/lower floor(s).

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