Collections

Collection of objects

V. Bek – Elementary reader for the blind, Klein sting writing system, 1896

Braille writing slate

Slate with Braille alphabet

Braille alphabet board, end of 19th c.

Praška tablica za brajicu

Početnica za slijepu djecu na njemačkom jeziku u reljefnom tisku, Beč, 1848.

Perkins pisaći stroj za brajicu

Vinko Bek’s eyeglasses

Braille learning cube

Klein’s sting writing device

Nine Men’s Morris board game

Hebold Braille writing tablet

Dominos with embossed numbers

V. Bek – Elementary reader for the blind, Klein sting writing system, 1896
Braille writing slate
Slate with Braille alphabet
Braille alphabet board, end of 19th c.
Praška tablica za brajicu
Početnica za slijepu djecu na njemačkom jeziku u reljefnom tisku, Beč, 1848.
Perkins pisaći stroj za brajicu
Vinko Bek’s eyeglasses
Braille learning cube
Klein’s sting writing device
Nine Men’s Morris board game
Hebold Braille writing tablet
Dominos with embossed numbers

The collection of objects is the most comprehensive collection in the holdings of the Typhlological Museum. It includes objects from the field of education, rehabilitation, and everyday life of disabled persons, especially of the visually impaired. Part of the collection is made of books in Braille, teaching aids, writing aids including tablets for manual writing, machines and modern tools for writing in Braille as well as objects of everyday use.

The base of the today’s Collection of objects partly comprises of objects that Vinko Bek, the then teacher in a public school, started collecting in the late 19th century. The Collection is unique due to the fact that it stores material closely related to the beginnings of education of the disabled people and follows development of special education, its methods and its historical course in Croatia. It provides an insight into the variety of school subjects, of tools and aids used in the education of blind people. It also motivates the mentioned field and science to conduct new research and to preserve this part of Croatian legacy.