Information for wheel-chair users and other visitors with impaired movement for the Brno Museum Night 2011
Maps prepared in collaboration with the Wheelchair Association www.ligavozic.cz, tel: 537 021 493
Note on parking in the centre of Brno – in car parks with meters ZTP and ZTP/P card holders with the O1 marking may park free of charge for up to 120 minutes – it is only required to display behind the windscreen the parking clock indicating the time of arrival.
- Parking: only one parking space available situated by the building
- Access: barrier-free through the main door, unmarked doorbell at the entrance
- Building: access to exhibitions on the ground floor only
- WC barrier-free: opposite the porter’s lodge, key with the building’s guard
Museum of Applied Arts Husova 14, Brno, (tel.: 532 169 111)
- Parking: vacant space between the City of Brno Council and the museum – 2 reserved parking spaces
- Access: barrier-free from the side of the building next to the reserved parking spaces, doorbell and video telephone
- Building: lift to all floors
- WC barrier-free: on the ground floor opposite the box offices
- Parking: large car park near the entrance from Besední St
- Access: barrier-free from Besední St, doorbell at a height of 1.5 m, video telephone
- Building: lift to all floors
- WC barrier-free: on the 4th floor
Brno City Museum
Castle Spilberk (tel.: 542 123 611, 542 123 613)
- Parking: access road from Úvoz St via Gorazdova St. After a telephone call optional exception from the No Entry sign (at the Eastern Orthodox church) to the continuing Gorazdova St, through the park, up to the car park under the castle wall near the castle gate or further to the sign-posted car park within the castle ramparts. The bridge over the castle ditch has a doorbell marked with a big wheel-chair symbol to call for assistance
- Access: barrier free to the castle through a side door of the central wing (on the right), assistance provided for wheel-chair access
- Building: lift to all floors
- WC barrier-free: on all floors
- Parking: approx. 30 m from the entrance, possibly near the museum entrance, and after agreement behind the precinct gate
- Access: barrier-free through the main entrance
- Building: lift to all floors
- WC barrier-free: on all floors of the exhibition spaces
Moravian Museum
Bishop’s Court
Muzejní ul. 1–3, Brno, Access ze Zelného trhu nebo z Kapucínského nám. (tel.: 542 321 205)
- inaccessible building (at the entrance from Zelný trh a grating with wide longitudinal gaps, at the entrance from Kapucínské Sq a historical stone staircase. In the courtyard gravel and several steps)
Dietrichstein Palace
Zelný trh 8, Brno, (tel.: 533 435 280)
- Parking: a public car park in front of the building – meters
- Access: barrier-free through the door on the left of the main entrance (steep ramp – assistance recommended), marked doorbell to the right of the main entrance
- Building: lift to all floors (to the right of the box office in a niche at the cloakroom), inaccessible only part of the permanent exhibitions on the 1st floor (fossils)
- WC barrier-free: new WC on the ground floor to the right of the box office (2 steps on entry, ask personnel for a mobile ramp)
- Parking: reserved parking spaces Mozartova St and Jakubské Sq.
- Access: barrier-free through the main entrance, a vertical lift platform on the right in the hall in front of the box office (assistance from the guard necessary)
- Building: lift to all floors
- WC barrier-free: on the ground floor, key in the box office
- Parking: unreserved at the former Střelnice restaurant, possibly on the approach road off the street near the Svratka bridge (however marked No Entry)
- Access: barrier-free through the main entrance
- Building: lift to all floors
- WC: barrier-free on the ground floor next to the box office
Leoš Janáček Memorial
Smetanova 14, Brno tel.: 541 212 811
Parking: unresereved
Access: barrier-free
Building: (3 steps inside)
WC barrier-free: in the building
Kralice Bible Memorial
Kralice nad Oslavou, 568 643 619
- Parking: car park behind the Municipal Council
- Access: barrier-free back door,
- Building: (3 steps inside)
- WC barrier-free: in the building
Museum of Romany Culture
Bratislavská 67, Brno (tel.: 545 581 206)
- Parking: unreserved on Bratislavská St
- Access: barrier-free through the main entrance
- Building: lift to all buildings
- WC barrier-free: on the ground floor
Brno Region Museum
Moravian Literature Memorial
Rajhrad, Klášter 1 (tel.: 547 229 136)
- Parking: possible entry through the gate into the monastery premises up to the entrance (cars only)
- Access: through the main entrance with assistance – a step 10 cm high
- Building: accessible ground floor, exhibitions on the 1st floor access using a platform
- WC barrier-free: new WC on the ground floor in the entrance hall on the right
Monument of Peace
Prace, K Mohyle míru 200 (tel.: 544 244 724)
- Parking: unreserved on a hard-surface car park in front of the museum
- Access: barrier-free through the main entrance to the museum, with a barrier to the stone monument (2 steps)
- Building: the complete permanent exhibition in the museum accessible
- WC barrier-free: on the ground floor on the right beyond the box office
Podhorácko Region Museum
Předklášteří, Porta coeli 1001 (tel.: 549 412 293)
- Parking: possible entry through the gate into the monastery premises (cars only)
- Access: through the main entrance with assistance – 1 step
- Building: only the ground floor and the courtyard accessible, no access to the permanent exhibition on the first floor
- WC barrier-free: none
Brno House of Arts
Brno House of Arts
Malinovské nám.2, Brno (tel.: 542 213 883)
- Parking: parking spaces (unmarked) near the lift
- Access: barrier-free from the rear
- Building: the complete exhibition accessible, lift
- WC barrier-free: in the museum, basement
House of the Lords of Kunštát
Dominikánská 9, Brno (tel.: 542 211 808)
- Parking: 2 reserved parking spaces on Veselá St, underground parking in Velký Špalíček
- Access: on the left at the entrance a doorbell to the building’s guard and caretaker, further on a lifting platform (unmarked doorbell on the right in the courtyard)
- Building: box office and lecture room on the ground floor accessible with assistance only (stairs – a stairclimber and wheel-guides available), lift to the 1st floor
- WC barrier-free: on the 1st floor near the lift
Jiří Mahen Library in Brno
Kobližná 4, Brno, (tel.: 542 532 164)
- Parking: reserved parking spaces Mozartova St and Jakubské Sq
- Access: barrier-free through the main entrance
- Building: lift to all floors
- WC barrier-free: on the ground floor, 2nd and 4th floor – locked, ask for key from the librarians on the respective floors
Mahen Memorial
Mahenova 8, Brno (tel.: 543 248 479)
- inaccessible building (historical villa)
Sklepení Gallery – National Heritage
Monument Institute ú. o. p Brno
Nám. Svobody 8, Brno, tel: 542 536 111, brno brno.npu.cz
- Parking: reserved parking spaces Mozartova St and Jakubské Sq
- Access: barrier-free through the main entrance in the NPÚ (to the right of the gallery entrance)
- Building: lift to all floors opposite the reception, in the basement on the approach to the Sklepení Gallery a step – the staff will provide a ramp)
- WC barrier-free: on the left, beyond reception
Stiassni Villa - National Heritage Monument Institute ú. o. p Brno
Hroznová 14, Pisárky
inaccessible building (the only road to the building is uneven and gradient, there are 5 steps when entering the building
- Parking: possible opposite the entrance (approach via Biskupská St.) In order to obtain a parkng space it is neccesary to ask for a permission at the box office; no prior arrangements needed
- Access: barrier-free through the main entrance
- Building: accessible box office to the left of the entrance (call before a visit), lift to all floors, a small part of the permanent exhibition in the basement inaccessible (two steps)
- WC barrier-free: to the right of the box office
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral
Petrov 9, Brno , tel: 543 235 031, www.biskupstvi.cz/petrov,
- Parking: possible to the left of the main entrance (approach via Biskupská St.) In order to obtain a parking space it is neccesary to have a permission from the cathedral’s staff, it is also possible to obtain it at the bishop’s residence or in the vicarage next to the cathedral
- Access: barrier-free through the main building
- Building: accessible
Jan Amos Komenský Church (“Red” Church)
Komenského náměstí Brno
- Parking: a reserved parking space to the left of the church entrance near the Masaryk University building
- Access: with a barrier – only up the stairs
- Building: space inside the church with uniform level
National Theater Brno
Janáček theater
Rooseveltova 31/7
- Prior telephone arrangements are necessary to ensure barrier-free access in advance, access only with assistance
- Parking: reserved parking spaces by the building
- Access: barrier-free access from Rooseveltova st., access to the ground floor with the use of a mobile service stair
- WC barrier-free: none, possible to use barrier-free toilets in Bohéma restaurant – ask staff for keys
Mahen theater Dvořákova 20
- Prior telephone arrangements are necessary to ensure barrier-free access in advance, access only with assistance
- Parking: unreserved parking spaces
-Access: barrier-free only through staff entrance, possible to get to the auditorium with the use of a folding ramp and a lift. In case the wheelchair is wider than 65 cm, it is necessary to use the hoist
Divadlo Reduta
Zelný trh 4
- Parking: unreserved parking spaces
- Access: barrier-free main entrance
- Building: each floor accessible by the lift
- Barrier-free WC: both ground and first floor