Information for wheel-chair users and other visitors with impaired movement for the Brno Museum Night 2012
Note on parking in the centre of Brno – in car parks with meters ZTP and ZTP/P card holders with the O1 marking may park free of charge for up to 120 minutes – it is only required to display behind the windscreen the parking clock indicating the time of arrival.
WC barrier-free: on all floors of the exhibition spaces
Brno City Museum
Hrad Špilberk (tel.: 542 123 611, 542 123 613)
Parking: access road from Úvoz St via Gorazdova St. After a telephone call optional exception from the No Entry sign (at the Eastern Orthodox church) to the continuing Gorazdova St, through the park, up to the car park under the castle wall near the castle gate or further to the sign-posted car park within the castle ramparts. The bridge over the castle ditch has a doorbell marked with a big wheel-chair symbol to call for assistance who will enable visitors the entrance to the castle
Access: barrier free to the castle through a side door of the central wing (on the right), assistance provided for wheel-chair access
Building: lift in one part of the castle
WC barrier-free: ground and 1st floor
Moravian Museum
Dietrichstein Palace Zelný trh 8, Brno, (tel.: 533 435 280)
Parking: a public car park in front of the building – meters
Access: barrier-free through the door on the left of the main entrance (steep ramp – assistance recommended), marked doorbell to the right of the main entrance
Building: lift to all floors (to the right of the box office in a niche at the cloakroom), inaccessible only part of the permanent exhibitions on the 1st floor (fossils)
WC barrier-free: new WC on the ground floor to the right of the box office (2 steps on entry, ask personnel for a mobile ramp)
Bishop’s Court Muzejní ul. 1–3, Brno, Access ze Zelného trhu nebo z Kapucínského nám. (tel.: 542 321 205)
inaccessible building (at the entrance from Zelný trh a grating with wide longitudinal gaps, at the entrance from Kapucínské Sq a historical stone staircase. In the courtyard gravel and several steps)
Parking: reserved parking spaces Mozartova St and Jakubské Sq.
Access: barrier-free through the main entrance, a vertical lift platform on the right in the hall in front of the box office (assistance from the guard necessary)
Building: lift to all floors
WC barrier-free: on the ground floor, key in the box office
Parking: unreserved at the former Střelnice restaurant, possibly on the approach road off the street near the Svratka bridge (however marked No Entry)
Access: barrier-free through the main entrance
Building: lift to all floors
WC: barrier-free on the ground floor next to the box offi¨
Leoš Janáček Memorial Smetanova 14, Brno tel.: 541 212 811
Parking: unresereved
Access: barrier-free
Building: (3 steps inside)
WC barrier-free: in the building
Museum of Romany Culture
Bratislavská 67, Brno (tel.: 545 581 206)
Parking: unreserved on Bratislavská St
Access: barrier-free through the main entrance
Building: lift to all buildings
WC barrier-free: on the ground floor
Brno House of Arts
Brno House of Arts Malinovské nám.2, Brno (tel.: 542 213 883)
Parking: parking spaces (unmarked) near the lift
Access: barrier-free from the rear
Building: the complete exhibition accessible, lift
WC barrier-free: in the museum, basement
House of the Lords of Kunštát Dominikánská 9, Brno (tel.: 542 211 808)
Parking: 2 reserved parking spaces on Veselá St, underground parking in Velký Špalíček
Access: on the left at the entrance a doorbell to the building’s guard and caretaker, further on a lifting platform (unmarked doorbell on the right in the courtyard)
Building: box office and lecture room on the ground floor accessible with assistance only (stairs – a stairclimber and wheel-guides available), lift to the 1st floor
WC barrier-free: on the 1st floor near the lift
Mendel Museum MU
Augustinian Abbey in Staré Brno - Mendlovo náměstí 1a, Brno, (tel.: 543 424
043)
Parking: car park in front of the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Entrance: barrier-free, permanent ramp (3 steps)
Building: the permanent exhibition is fully accessible
WC barrier-free: in the museum
Museum of the Brno Region
Museum of the Podhorácko Region
Předklášteří, Porta coeli 1001 (tel.: 549 412 293)
Parking: possible entry through the gate into the monastery premises (cars only)
Access: through the main entrance with assistance – 1 step
Building: only the ground floor and the courtyard accessible, no access to the permanent exhibition on the first floor
WC barrier-free: none
Monument of Peace
Prace, K Mohyle míru 200 (tel.: 544 244 724)
Parking: unreserved on a hard-surface car park in front of the museum
Access: barrier-free through the main entrance to the museum, with a barrier to the stone monument (2 steps)
Building: the complete permanent exhibition in the museum accessible
WC barrier-free: on the ground floor on the right beyond the box office
Moravian Literature Memorial
Rajhrad, Klášter 1 (tel.: 547 229 136)
Parking: possible entry through the gate into the monastery premises up to the entrance (cars only)
Access: through the main entrance with assistance – a step 10 cm high
Building: accessible ground floor, exhibitions on the 1st floor access using a platform )
WC barrier-free: new WC on the ground floor in the entrance hall on the right
Parking: possible opposite the entrance (approach via Biskupská St.) In order to obtain a parkng space it is neccesary to ask for a permission at the box office; no prior arrangements needed
Access: barrier-free through the main entrance
Building: accessible box office to the left of the entrance (call before a visit), lift to all floors, a small part of the permanent exhibition in the basement inaccessible (two steps)
WC barrier-free: to the right of the box office
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral
Petrov 9, Brno , tel: 543 235 031, www.biskupstvi.cz/petrov,
Parking: possible to the left of the main entrance (approach via Biskupská St.) In order to obtain a parking space it is neccesary to have a permission from the cathedral’s staff, it is also possible to obtain it at the bishop’s residence or in the vicarage next to the cathedral
Access: barrier-free through the main building
Building: accessible
Jiří Mahen Library in Brno
Kobližná 4, Brno, (tel.: 542 532 164)
Parking: reserved parking spaces Mozartova St and Jakubské Sq
Access: barrier-free through the main entrance
Building: lift to all floors
WC barrier-free: on the ground floor, 2nd and 4th floor – locked, ask for key from the librarians on the respective floors
Mahen Memorial
Mahenova 8, Brno (tel.: 543 248 479)
inaccessible building (historical villa)
Brno Observatory and Planetarium
Parking: one reserved parking space for the disabled in front of the Observatory and Planetarium building, parking possible in Náměstí míru or the car park at the Kraví Hora Recreation and Sports Grounds (indoor and summer swimming pool)
Entrance: barrier-free main entrance (access via the park on Kraví hora, or by car up the access road from Náměstí míru)
Building: lifts throughout the building
WC barrier-free: on the ground floor, in the foyer of the large planetarium
Tourist Information Centre of the City of Brno
Radnická 4, Brno
Galerie Kabinet, Galerie U Dobrého pastýře, ProstorR2, Galerie mladých
Radnická 4, Brno (tel.: 542 427 108)
Parking: unreserved
Access: inaccessible (4 steps)
Building: inaccessible
WC barrier-free: none
Jan Amos Komenský Church (“Red” Church)
Komenského náměstí Brno
Parking: a reserved parking space to the left of the church entrance near the Masaryk University building
Access: with a barrier – only up the stairs
Building: space inside the church with uniform level
Prior telephone arrangements are necessary to ensure barrier-free access in advance, access only with assistance
Parking: unreserved parking spaces
Access: barrier-free only through staff entrance, possible to get to the auditorium with the use of a folding ramp and a lift. In case the wheelchair is wider than 65 cm, it is necessary to use the hoist