Cultural accessibility made an aim

Government and official entities working in the field of culture will in the coming months be focusing their efforts on increasing the accessibility and the popularisation of cultural places and cultural activities.

Addressing participants at a seminar entitled Access to Culture for People with Disability, organised by Heritage Malta, the Minister for Youth and the Arts, Jesmond Mugliett said that accessibility had become the dogma of all the official entities falling under the responsibility of his ministry. He said that the aim was to enable people to participate in cultural activities and access culture in all its forms.

"We are working on one particular museum - the Roman Domus - where the mentality employed today is a break with the mentality employed on earlier refurbishment projects. The sensitivity to make culture accessible has become something that is stuck at the back of our minds.

"One other example is the publishing of the legal notice on the new tariffs for Heritage Malta's sites and museum. The fact that there are special rates for disabled persons is proof of the government's growing sensitivity in this area," he said.