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Latest News from APH

Memory Puzzles shapes lay in the center of a green backdrop, surrounded by holiday decorations like ornaments, bells, and candy canes.

Experience Gifts That Build Memories, Skills, and Confidence: APH’s Holiday Picks for Families

The best gifts aren’t always the ones that come wrapped with a bow, they’re the moments we create together. This...

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Building Your Tactile Literacy Toolkit

Tactile literacy is one of the cornerstones of education. Students who build their tactile literacy skills will be more successful...

Detail of the puzzle map of Africa, showing division lines between countries, mountains carved in relief, and rivers and lakes that are recessed.

The History of Puzzle Maps

When I first started working in the museum at APH in 2005, I’d often commandeer my young son and nephews...

Coloring pages, palette, paint pots, paint, and brushes from Paint Pot Palette.

Beloved APH Products Get UEB Update

We’ve been hard at work expanding our offering of materials produced in Unified English Braille (UEB). We’re excited to introduce...

Polly Thomson and Helen Keller stand with two Native American men wearing robes and full feather headdresses. Helen wears a headband with two eagle feathers and a leather dress with fringe and beading. A caption reads, ”Stony Indians at Banff Make Helen Keller Tribe Sister.”

Helen Keller and the Stoney Nakoda Nation

In September of 2021, the AFB Helen Keller Archive received a handful of Helen Keller artifacts that had been discovered...

Organ pipes: several metal pipes, of various thicknesses and lengths.

A Journey from Braille to Print: Rediscovered 19th Century French Organ Music

Chipping away at the backlog of unprocessed collections (there’s always a backlog in archives), I came across four spiral-bound volumes...

The Blind Detective in Popular Culture

This month, on the museum’s Facebook and Twitter, we’re posting some photos and brief histories of blind detectives in fiction,...

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