accessibility at the museum

The Maritime and Prison Museum of Ushuaia considers that the approach to culture should be within everyone's reach. The building where the Museum is located was declared a National Historical Monument, for which a great job had to be done to allow ACCESS WITHOUT ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS to all people with disabilities who visit the exhibitions and activities. Work has been done within the framework of the Accessibility Guidelines for Tourist Spaces and Services of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Nation and the National Agency for Disability, which have personnel trained in the subject.

VISITORS WITH REDUCED MOBILITY Access ramps were built, toilets and rest areas were adapted and a parking area was allocated for exclusive use.

Courtesy wheelchairs are offered, their use is free and does not require a deposit or any outlay. We have a limited number of chairs, so it is recommended to make a reservation in advance to ensure a chair for your exclusive use, by calling 02901-437481.

MMU staff will ensure that all visitors with disabilities are safely transported from one floor of our building to the next by using a 72 cm by 92 cm deep elevator adapted to the Landmark. Please ask staff if you need help locating the elevator.

BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS

We have audio QR, brochures in Braille, audio guides in several languages and cells with panels and haptic models: of the Presidio building; the prison pavilions; from the city of Ushuaia; a typical house; the little train of the prisoners; a Yamana canoe; a commercial sailboat; the former bakery of the Presidio; the Antarctic continent; the Argentine Antarctic sector; a whale model; of a penguin; a real whale vertebra; models of the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse and the End of the World Lighthouse, etc.

They can become aware of the dimension of the Prison with tactile models of the Prison, of a pavilion, which when removing the roof reveals the two floors and the cells and their location in the city in the model of the city of Ushuaia and of a map of Tierra del Fuego. Learn more about local history, with models to touch of the train used by the prisoners, of a typical house, of the former prison bakery, of the lighthouse at the end of the world, of a yagan canoe or a fishing boat.

Learn about Antarctica with models and panels of the Argentine Antarctic sector, to perceive that the South Pole is 2800 m above sea level, or what a penguin or a whale is like, and compare the dimensions on a human scale

DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE

There are QR codes in different rooms with access to videos in sign language to view the explanations of the most outstanding points.

They are videos made by students of the Special School No. 1 "Kayú Chénen" in Sign Language under the direction of the teacher Cintia Nuñez

EXCLUSIVE PARKING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Two museum parking spaces, exclusively for museum visitors with a disabled parking permit.

ASSISTANCE DOGS

Assistance dogs are welcome. They will be asked for the certificate that accredits it.

Pets are not allowed in the Museum.