Hall of Liberation Kelheim

All test relevant areas meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility tested - partially barrier-free for people with walking disabilities".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. Detailed information can be found in the test report.

• There is a general car park at the Visitor Center. There are three marked parking spaces for people with disabilities (parking space size: 355 cm x 750 cm).
• The way from the car park to the Visitor Center ist 50 m long. 
• In the Visitor Center there is the cash desk with shop, the public toilet for people with disabilities and the Café Bistro. 
• The Visitor Center is steplessly accessible.  
• The cash desk is 99 cm high. There is other, equivalent communication possibility while sitting.
• All public doors and passageways are at least 90 cm wide. There are no carousel or rotary doors.
• The Café Bistro has wheelchair accessible tables.

Hall of Liberation

• The path from the car park to the lift on the Hall of Liberation  is 340 m long. It is easy to walk and drive on and has a maximum longitudinal gradient of 6 % over a distance of 20 m. 
• Three gallery levels (ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor) are located in the Hall of Liberation.
• The main entrance to the Hall of Liberation and the Inner Gallery on the ground floor can be reached by elevator. The galleries on the 1st and 2nd floors are only accessible via stairs.
• The elevator cabin measures 91 cm x 140 cm. 
• The passage/turnstile to the entrance of the Hall of Liberation is 100 cm wide. People with disabilities are let through by the gatekeeper. There is a bell at the entrance.
• Access to the building is via a 5 cm high step. To bridge the step, there are two 60 cm long wooden ramps (indoors and outdoors at the door) with 4 % gradient, identical in construction. The smallest usable running width is 100 cm.
• Exhibits and the corresponding information are mainly visible and legible while sitting.
• Technical possibilities of information transfer: Auidoguide
• There are no guided tours offered for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users.

Public toilet for people with disabilities in the Visitor Center on the ground floor

• The toilet door can be opened with a Euro key.
• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of teh toilet and the washbasin at least 150 cm 150 cm:
  to the left of the toilet 106 cm x 70 cm, the toilet is not accessible from the right.
• There are handles on both sides of the toilet. The left handle can be folded up.
• The washbasin is wheelchair accessible.
• The mirror can be seen while standing or sitting.
• An alarm trigger is available.  

Public toilet for people with disabilities outdoors at the Hall of Liberation

• The door opens inwards, but does not affect the manoeuvring spaces in front of the toilet and washbasin.
• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of the toilet and washbasin at least 150 cm 150 cm;
  left and right of the toilet at least 90 cm x 70 cm.
• On both sides of the toilet there are handles which can be folded up.
• The washbasin has limited wheelchair access. 
• The mirror cannot be seen while sitting.
• An alarm trigger is not present.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. Detailed information can be found in the test report. 

•  In the Visitor Center there is the cash desk with shop, the public toilet for people with disabilities and the Café Bistro. 
• Assistance dogs are allowed.
• The entrances to the Visitor Center is visually contrasting with their surroundings.
• The entrance door is a glass door without safety markings.
• External paths usually have tactilely detectable sidewalk boundaries.
• In the bistro is a menu in large print, but none in braille. 

Hall of Liberation

• There are three gallery levels (ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor) in the Hall of Liberation. 
• The entrance is visually rich in contrast.
• Other glass doors in the building and in the Hall of Liberation are not marked.
• All evaluated and usable areas for the guest are well illuminated, i.e. bright and glare-free.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevator is confirmed audibly. The break position is not announced by spoken commands. The operating controls are visually rich in contrast and tactilely detectable.
• Alternatively stairs are available. 
• The informations are not conveyed acoustically.
• The well illuminated exhibits contrast visually with their surroundings.
• General information is not easy to read.
• There are no obstacles, e.g. objects protruding into the path/room.
• There is no guidance system with floor indicators in indoor and outdoor areas.
• Technical possibilities of information transfer: Auidoguide
• There are no guided tours offered for visually impaired and blind people.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. Detailed information can be found in the test report.

• In the Visitor Center there is the cash desk with shop, the public toilet for people with disabilities and the Café Bistro. 
• Three gallery levels (ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor) are located in the Hall of Liberation.
• There is no visual alarm in the building.
• There is no audio induction loop.
• In the Café Bistro there are bright and glare-free illuminated tables with no lamps standing or hanging that restrict the field of vision. There are no seating areas with low background noises.
• In the elevator at the Hall of Liberation (ground floor to 1st floor) an outgoing emergency call is confirmed acoustically, but not optically. 
• Alternatively, stairs are available.
• There are no guided tours offered for people with hearing disabilities and deaf people.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. Detailed information can be found in the test report. 

• Name and logo are clearly recognizable from the outside at the Visitor Center, but not at the entrance to the Hall of Liberation.
• In the Visitor Center there is the cash desk with shop, the public toilet for people with disabilities and the Café Bistro. 
• Three gallery levels (ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor) are located in the Hall of Liberation.
• The destinations of the paths are usually within sight. There is a guidance system.
• Informations are provided in written and in photorealistic form.
• There is no menu with pictures in the bistro. The dishes are not presented visibly.
• There are no guided tours offered for people with cognitive impairments.