APH News & Press
In Touch with Knowledge: Reading and Writing, a new traveling exhibition from the Marie and Eugene Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, begins national tour
News Release: Louisville, Kentucky, March 25, 2002
Hands-on Reading and Writing is the first of four traveling exhibitions in the series In Touch With Knowledge: The Educational History of Blind People. The other exhibitions are under development and include geography, mathematics, and science. They are designed to exhibit separately or may be shown in any combination.
A reception honoring museum benefactor, Eugene Callahan and celebrating the first traveling showing of the exhibition was held at the Watson Center in Largo, Florida on February 7.
Hands-on Reading and Writing describes the evolution of tactile writing for blind people from the first experiments in the eighteenth century to the development of braille and the invention of the braille writer. The exhibit uses original artifacts, reproductions, graphics, tactile exhibits, and hands-on activities. Braille labels and audio text and descriptions provide accessibility. A few dates are still available in the travel schedule.
This series of traveling exhibitions draws on the APH Callahan Museum's unique collection and extensive research on the history of the education of blind people. As the only museum in the country devoted to this history, the Callahan is dedicated to providing visitors with an understanding and appreciation of how blind people receive and communicate information and achieve self-sufficiency. Visit the museum on our web site: www.aph.org/museum/intouch.html.
Exhibition information and scheduling:
Carol Tobe, Museum Director
800-223-1839, ext. 365 or email ctobe@aph.org