[15 October until 8 January  2012]

Beauty is one of the notions that will always eschew definition. Both its essence and its symptoms depend on the function of time and space. Despite repeated attempts at describing or measuring beauty by applying even maths equations to it, one thing appears certain: beauty is a matter of impression, not comprehension.

The exhibition entitled "The beauty of touch" encourages the visitors to feel it by appealing to various human senses. It allows them not only to see the beauty, but also to touch it with their fingers. All the displayed exhibits may be explored by means of touch. The exhibition is based on the premises that it should be accessible to everyone regardless of their cognitive dysfunctions. The exhibition is to be a bridge, a common space where everyone is equally allowed to dwell with art.

The exhibition will present copies of the most famous sculptures of the Antiquity, the classical Greek period and of the Renaissance tradition that form a universal discourse concerning European art. A separate sequence is formed by architectural models and volumetric models that make up a crash course in the history of literature. The exhibition is complemented by a presentation of good practices in the area of museum education for the blind and partially sighted developed by the Tactile Museum in Ancona and the Silesian Museum in Katowice.

The exposition is developed in collaboration with the Homer State Museum for the Blind in Ancona as a part of the cultural programme accompanying Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The exhibition is a part of the cultural programme accompanying Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Exhibition prepared within the framework of cultural events surrounding the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.

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