Museu de arte Murilo Mendes e acessibilidade: um novo olhar para a inclusão sociocultural

Abstract

The project "Museu de Arte Murilo Mendes and Accessibility: A New Perspective on Sociocultural Inclusion" addresses the relevance of museums as agents of conservation, preservation, and transformation. Understood as means of democratization, museums still present challenges, both in their environments and in their exhibitions, for the inclusion of people with disabilities and/or reduced mobility. Accessibility and multisensory processes are essential for this to be achieved. The study focuses on the Museu de Arte Murilo Mendes (MAMM), located in the city of Juiz de Fora, given its importance to national/international culture, in order to support the design proposal to promote accessibility and encourage appropriation and inclusion in this space. To this end, the adopted methodology includes a literature review on the topics of culture, museums, and accessibility, as well as unsystematic observation and photographic survey. Thus, in line with case studies and the analysis of accessibility at MAMM, it was possible to establish connections on the subject and conceive museums as crucial spaces for cultural life and the construction of collective memory. Therefore, the aim is to promote environments that allow people, in all their diversity, to appropriate and enjoy the Museu de Arte Murilo Mendes.