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Subject: museum exhibit re: blindness education
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In Glasgow, Scotland, there is an exhibit regarding the history of education 
of
blind children. The focus is on the children of Glasgow. Please see article
pasted in below.

the link is also available below:

http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showExhibition.cfm?venueid=12&itemid=126

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Pioneering Vision for Glasgow's Children - exploring the education of 
visually
impaired pupils in Glasgow

Start Date : Friday 01 September 2006

End Date : Saturday 30 September 2006

Find out more about the education of visually impaired pupils in Glasgow 
from
1936 to 2006 in this informative exhibition.

The exhibition provides brief histories of some of the educational
establishments which have provided learning experiences for blind and 
partially
sighted pupils in the city, including Kelvin School which is currently
celebrating its 70th anniversary.

The exhibition also features the new state-of-the-art Hazelwood School,
scheduled to open in 2007. This school is the first of its kind in Europe 
and
will provide an education for about 50 pupils with visual impairments, many 
of
whom also have multiple disabilities.

Examples of the specialist aids and equipment used at school and at home 
will be
on display for visitors to explore. These will include a Perkins Brailler -
used for writing Braille - talking weighing scales, tactile books and an
epidiascope - an early type of projector.

Scotland Street School Museum, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, opened 
in
1906 to provide education to the children of the Kingston and Tradeston 
areas
of the city. Now a museum of education, the school is currently hosting a
series of special events and exhibitions to celebrate its 100th birthday.

Talk by Alan Dunlop, Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects, Glasgow.
Tuesday 5 September 1pm to 2pm
Hazelwood the first specially designed school for children with sight, 
hearing
and mobility impairment in Europe
Hazelwood School has been designed by award winning architects Gordon Murray 
and
Alan Dunlop. When it opens later this year, it will be the only school of 
its
kind in Europe and will take the education of visual, hearing and dual 
sensory
impaired pupils to new and greater levels. Find out more about the design
behind this state of the art establishment set within parkland in the 
Drumbeck
area of Glasgow.

The talk is part of the Scotland Street School Centenary Talks series, and 
full
details of the series can be found by following the link on the right hand 
side
of this page.

Images
You can view some images from the exhibition by following the slideshow link 
on
the bottom right hand side of this page. Images are approximately 30kb in 
size
and are best viewed at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. You can 
find
out how to change your screen resolution by visiting our Accessibility page.

Centenary Leaflet
You can download the Scotland Street School centenary leaflet in PDF format 
by
following the link on the right hand side of this page. You will need to 
have
Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to download and view the 
file,
and you can download the software for free by following the link to Adobe's
website.


Scotland Street School Museum
225 Scotland Street
Glasgow
G5 8QB
Phone 0141 287 0500
Text phone 0141 287 0513
Fax 0141 287 0515

Please note that Scotland Street School Museum is closed between 1 October 
and
31 March, except for schools? educational visits and the Macmillan Art Fund
exhibition.

Scotland Street School Museum lies to the South of the City, close to 
Shields
Road Underground and within easy access from the City Centre.

Opening Hours
From 1 April to 30 September: Monday to Thursday and Saturday 10am to 5pm,
Friday and Sunday 11am to 5pm. Monday to Thursday and Saturday 10am to 5pm,
Friday and Sunday 11am to 5pm.

By Subway
The museum is directly opposite Shields Road Subway station.

By Bus
First Bus services 89 and 90 both stop near the museum.

Facilities
Free Guided Tours; Male and Female Toilets; Wheelchair Access; Charles 
Rennie
Mackintosh Society shop, which is closed at weekends.

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