10/17/2007 - Blind Awareness at Austin Children's Museum

Interactive exhibit in the Community Gallery.

Austin, Texas (October 12, 2007) – Without sight, how can you read a book? If you can not see, how can you tell the difference between the milk and orange juice if they have the same container? In Beyond Sight: An Interactive Exhibit to Promote Blind Awareness, children and adults can learn the Braille alphabet and identify objects using their senses of smell, hearing and touch. The Beyond Sight exhibit is now featured in the Community Gallery and will be on display through November 24.

Beyond Sight was produced last fall by Austin Children’s Museum with support from The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults, The National Federation of the Blind of Texas, the Austin Chapter of the NFB, The Chriss Cole Rehabilitation Center, and The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

For more information visit www.austinkids.org.

The mission of Austin Children's Museum is to create innovative learning experiences for children and families that equip and inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers. Located at the Dell Discovery Center downtown at the corner of 2nd Street and Colorado, the Austin Children's Museum is one of the city’s popular cultural attractions with 200,000 visitors annually. The Austin Children's Museum is a non-profit 501c3 organization and all donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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