Museological concept: Nina Sivec
Art concept: Sven Bjelan
With this exhibition, the Typhlological Museum is celebrating 200 years of the birth of Louis Braille, creator of the raised dotted alphabet for the blind named after its creator – the Braille alphabet. Thanks to his invention, blind people experienced complete social affirmation and equality with those sighted. They were given access to knowledge as well as entrance into the world of science and art. In the footsteps of Braille’s idea, this exhibition aims to support and promote his invention which makes strides toward the equality, respect and integration of blind persons. The idea of the need for creating a special alphabet for the blind was encouraged by Vinko Bek, the first Croatian typhlo-pedagogue, in the 19th century when he created the foundations for bringing literacy to blind children in the region. He adapted the Braille alphabet into Croatian and printed the first Elementary Reader for the Blind.