TOOLS AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
The Museum of Oriental Art periodically or upon request organizes fun free tours for families and children, including games, stories and final hands-on activities.
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Tablets available for families
The Museum of Oriental Art in Venice makes tablets available to its young guests with the App Museo Orientale: look, touch, discover! , to transform the Museum into a place for active visits, accessible to all types of users, capable of satisfying curiosity by communicating scientific content in a fun form through multimedia and interactivity. Dedicated to children aged 5 to 14 and their families, the tablet will feature:
- An App, Look, Touch, Discover!, which allows them to play with the Museum's tablets while discovering the works of the museum
- A website (orientalevenezia.it) available in Italian, English, French and LIS, which allows a virtual tour through the Museum's rooms. An audio guide and 5 tactile booklets for the visually impaired are also available on the site. Museo Orientale: look, touch, discover!,
Tactile materials for young and old
Various tactile and playful materials are also available in the Museum. In particular, five tactile booklets designed to meet the needs of people with visual impairments have been produced; they can be enjoyed by all children, whether sighted, blind or visually impaired, thanks to the combined use of black and braille texts and both visual and tactile illustrations. Copies of the files are available at the museum, which can be borrowed for educational activities in schools, along with a guide to their use for the use of teachers and parents.
A museum staff member is available by appointment for a special guided tour using these materials.
Augmented reality
At the Museum it is possible to discover the inside of the Japanese sedan chair using augmented reality. Ask the staff for glasses!
Artificial Intelligence
In Room VIII you can download the free MuseoOrientale app (scan the QRCode!) to listen to the sound of traditional Japanese musical instruments.
From your app frame the instrument you are interested in, artificial intelligence will recognize it and suggest the sound. You can listen the sound of Japanese traditional musical instruments with the free app MuseoOrientale. Ask the staff!
