Tactual Museum

The Tactual Museum of Athens is a museum for the visually impaired in , , . It was founded in 1984 by the Kallithea-based association Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece to allow visually impaired people to become familiarised with the cultural heritage of Greece.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum for the visually impaired in Kallithea, Athens, Greece.
  • Also known as: “Museum of Touch, Athens” and “Tactual Museum of Athens”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Onassis Hospital and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.

Hospital
The Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre or simply Onassio is a model hospital, specialized in adult and pediatric heart diseases, and is a donation of the non-profit Alexander S. is situated 390 metres southwest of Tactual Museum.

Park
The is a cultural center complex in the municipality of in , Greece. It includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, as well as the 210,000 m2 Stavros Niarchos Park. is situated 790 metres southwest of Tactual Museum.

Ship
Photo: Pmoshs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a modified Pisa-class armoured cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the first half of the century. is situated 2 km southwest of Tactual Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kallithea and Nea Smyrni.

Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb in and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece, as well as the fourth biggest in the Athens urban area.

Suburb
Photo: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece. At the 2021 census, it had 72,853 inhabitants. It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna, whence many refugees arrived and settled in the area following the 1922 Burning of Smyrna, during the Greco-Turkish war.

Suburb
Photo: Pavlos1988, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and a suburb in the southwestern part of the agglomeration, . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.

Tactual Museum

Latitude
37.94546° or 37° 56′ 44″ north
Longitude
23.70002° or 23° 42′ 0″ east
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Φάρος Τυφλών της Ελλάδος
Open location code
8G95WPW2+52
Open­Street­Map ID
way 302592510
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7674145
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Satellite Map

Discover Tactual Museum from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Tactual Museum” goes by many names.
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Αφής Αθήνας”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Αφής”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Πάρκο Εθελοντών Αιμοδοτών and Melina Mercouri Cultural Center.

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