APH News & Press
Award Winning Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
News Release: Louisville, Kentucky, November 27, 1995
The Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is the winner of a 1995 Outstanding Public Humanities Project Award from the Kentucky Humanities Council. The award recognizes the excellence of the museum, which details the history of the education of blind people, the invention and evolution of braille, and the role that APH has played in this chronology.
Exhibits in the museum include historic embossed books, tactile maps and globes, and educational aids used for handwriting, mathematics, and music. A volume from Helen Keller's braille Bible is also on display. The interesting and educational displays will give visitors insight into the ways blind and visually impaired people gain independence.
The Kentucky Humanities Council contributed to the museum's development and is proud to honor the project. The museum, located at 1839 Frankfort Avenue, is accessible to hearing, mobility, and visually impaired people and is open weekdays from 8:30 to 4:30.
Contact Roberta Williams, Public Relations Specialist, for more information. Telephone: 1 -800-223-1839 or (502) 895-2405; e-mail: rwilliams@aph.org