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Musée des Instruments de Musique-MIM

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Located in the heart of the Brussels metropolis, the MIM offers you 1200 instruments, each more interesting and telling than the last.

Visit the museum with a guide and discover it in more depth! The visits are designed as a dialogue, with a question and answer session and a discussion about music and instruments. The workshops have a "hands-on" musical moment in the Atelier. Prefer to go it alone? With the help of a multimedia guide, included in the entrance fee, this is also an option, in groups, with the family or on your own.

The mim pays special attention to people with mental, physical or social disabilities. Whatever the specificity of the group, the guide will do everything possible to ensure that everyone feels welcomed and respected in their differences. The musical instrument is at the centre of an enriching moment of exchange and encounter for all. Manipulations, "musical bath", musical games, listening, observation and dialogue... are on the menu, according to the possibilities of the participants.

A preliminary contact with the group leader is foreseen in order to adjust the course as well as possible.

Below you will find some instructions to ensure that your visit goes smoothly. We wish you a pleasant and musical visit!

  • The museum is open every day except Monday. The ticket office closes at 4.30 pm.
  • Tickets can be purchased online, by time slot. Print your tickets or prepare them on your mobile device.
  • Multimedia guides are available and included in the entrance fee. If possible, we ask you to bring your own headphones (3.5 mm jack). Headphones can also be purchased at the museum reception desk (€2).
  • You may take photographs in the exhibition rooms but without flash.
  • Lockers are available. If your luggage is too big to fit in a locker, you can leave it in the cloakroom.
  • The museum shop is open and accessible to all free of charge.
  • The restaurant on the top floor of the MIM is currently closed for renovation.

 

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The museum does not have a private car park. You have to park in the city, but it is possible to drop someone off nearby, via Vla Hermosa Street.

It is possible to organise adapted visits and workshops with a reference person.

The museum has PRM access (via Vla Hermosa Street). This could not be audited during our visit because the lift was out of order.

Strong points

Staff
  • An reference person is available upon prior request.
  • There is staff available to help negotiate obstacles.
  • There is staff available to direct and guide.
Safety
  • The signage makes it possible to find the way and orient oneself easily.
Parking
  • It is possible to drop a person off near the entrance.
Identification
  • The building is easy to find.

Strong points

Entrance
  • The building is easy to identify.
  • The entrance is easy to identify.
  • The main entrance is accessible.
  • The opening of the door is automatic.
  • The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance.
Home
  • The free space in front of the counter is sufficiently big.
  • There is staff available to direct and guide.
Horizontal circulation
  • There is no step to negotiate.
  • The floor is hard.
  • The floor is regular and free of obstacles.
  • The width of the hallways is sufficient.
  • The width of the pathways is sufficient.
Vertical circulation
  • A sufficiently large lift serves all the floors open to the public.
Adapted sanitary
  • The adapted toilet is easy to find.
Exposition
  • All the content of the exhibition is accessible and visible.
  • The majority of the equipment such as tablets or interactive terminals is accessible and can be used.

Points of attention

Home
  • The payment device is difficult to use.
  • The counter is too high.
Adapted sanitary
  • The toilet is not properly equipped.

Strong points

Access road from the street
  • All the transit areas are sufficiently large.
Entrance
  • The entrance is easy to identify.
  • The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance.
  • The building is easy to identify.
  • The main entrance is accessible.
  • The opening of the door is automatic.
Home
  • Seats are available near the reception.
Horizontal circulation
  • There is no step to negotiate.
  • Circulation is easy everywhere.
  • There are seats along the pathway.
Vertical circulation
  • A lift serves all the floors open to the public.
Adapted sanitary
  • There is a toilet with grab bars and it is easy to use.
Exposition
  • All the content of the exhibition is accessible.

Points of attention

Access road from the street
  • There are a few steps, with no handrail, to negotiate.
  • The ramp is not equipped with a handrail.

Note: In our analysis, we assume that blind people come accompanied when visiting museums.

Indeed, our experience has highlighted this aspect.

Strong points

Guide dog
  • Assistance dogs are accepted.
Entrance
  • The opening of the door is automatic.
  • The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance .
Home
  • The staff sees the persons coming into the building and can assist them.
  • The reception is located in the logical continuation of the pathway.
Vertical circulation
  • A lift serves all the floors open to the public.
Exposition
  • Adapted guided tours are organised upon reservation.

Points of attention

Horizontal circulation
  • There are no guide-lines in the large pathways.
  • The pathway presents punctually a passage height of less than 2m.
Exposition
  • The exhibition is not adapted, since the content is mainly visual.

Strong points

Entrance
  • The entrance is located in the logical continuation of the pathway.
  • The opening of the door is automatic.
  • The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance.
Home
  • The staff sees the persons coming into the building and can assist them.
  • The reception is located in the logical continuation of the pathway.
Horizontal circulation
  • Circulation is free from obstacles.
Vertical circulation
  • The lift can be used in autonomy or staff is available to help.
  • The floor numbers are clearly indicated at each landing.
Exposition
  • Adapted guided tours are organised upon reservation.

Points of attention

Horizontal circulation
  • Some glass walls in the pathway are not secured by a contrasting visual marking.
  • The floor covering is blinding in a part of the pathway.
Exposition
  • The written explanations are hard to read.
  • The majority of works are displayed in display cases.

Strong points

Entrance
  • The entrance is easy to find.
  • The building is easy to find.
  • The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance.
Home
  • The reception is easy to find and close to the entrance.
  • The institution can be contacted by email.
  • The premises are easy to understand.
Vertical circulation
  • The floors of the building are well marked.
Adapted sanitary
  • It is possible to see whether a toilet is occupied or free.
Exposition
  • The displayed content is mainly visual.

Points of attention

Home
  • The reception has a glass partition or is badly lit and does not allow lip reading.
Wireless
  • Connecting to the mobile networks, 3G or 4G, is problematic at the location.
  • Wi-Fi is available only in the reception.
Exposition
  • Badly lit areas make lip reading difficult.

Strong points

Entrance
  • The entrance is easy to find.
  • The building is easy to find.
  • The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance.
Home
  • The reception is easy to find and close to the entrance.
  • The institution can be contacted by email.
  • The premises are easy to understand.
  • There is staff available to direct and guide.
Vertical circulation
  • The floors of the building are well marked.
Adapted sanitary
  • It is possible to see whether a toilet is occupied or free.
Exposition
  • The environment is calm.
  • An adapted visit is available upon prior request .
  • The displayed content is mainly visual.

Points of attention

Home
  • The counter has a glass partition or is badly lit and does not allow lip reading.
Magnetic induction loop
  • There is no mobile induction loop.
Exposition
  • Badly lit areas make lip reading difficult .

Strong points

Entrance
  • The entrance is easy to find.
  • The building is easy to find.
  • The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance.
Home
  • The reception is easy to find and close to the entrance.
  • It is possible to pay in cash (coins and notes).
  • There is staff available to direct and guide.
Vertical circulation
  • The floors of the building are well marked.
  • The lift is easy to use or staff is available to help.
  • There is staff available to direct and guide.
Horizontal circulation
  • The location is calm.
Adapted sanitary
  • The toilets are easy to find.
Exposition
  • Guided visits adapted to children are organised.
  • An adapted visit is available upon prior request.
  • There is no need to by a ticket in advance.
  • The location is calm.

Points of attention

Exposition
  • The location is dark.
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