The Museum of Pontevedra works on continuously improving the services it provides and on developing educational programmes aimed at a wide range of audiences, with tours designed to meet the needs of different groups, including the elderly, people with cognitive impairment, sensory and intellectual disabilities or mental health disorders, individuals deprived of their freedom, migrants, etc.
Several institutions and associations have helped us to create and design adapted activities and materials, such as the Spanish National Organisation for the Blind (ONCE, by its acronym in Spanish); Amencer-Aspace; the Asociación Virgen de la O; the Red Cross; and the Galician Federation of Associations of Deaf People (FAXPG, by its acronym in Galician).
We have replicas of some of our works so that visually impaired people can experience art and history through touching. We also offer guided tours with a Spanish sign language interpreter and promote activities so that people with mental health disorders can participate in the world of culture.
Some of the projects we are developing in 2026 are the ‘Acompañarte’ (Accompanying you) programme – carried out in collaboration with the Galician Health Service (Sergas) –, which offers patients in the psychiatric department the opportunity to visit the Museum and work with art as a therapeutic and curative tool; and ‘Museo singular, mirada plural’ (Unique museum, plural perspective), a creative experience in which people with special needs recreate artworks of the Museum’s collection to give them social visibility.
In 2026, we will begin collaborating with the ‘Empower Parents’ project, which seeks to make museums and cultural institutions accessible and inclusive places for people with an autism spectrum disorder.
Information about the social connection programme
If you would like to receive information about this programme, please send an e-mail to educacion.museo@depo.gal or call 986 804 100 (extensions 42416, 42412 and 42413)
Free guided tours with a Spanish sign language interpreter
Once again this year, in collaboration with the FAXPG, we invite you to participate in a free guided tour of the Museum of Pontevedra accompanied by our staff and a Spanish sign language interpreter.
The Museum has a large and varied collection and organises several temporary exhibitions each year.
To participate in any of our tours, prior reservation is required.
To arrange the date and time of your tour, simply contact the Museum's Education Department at educacion.museo@depo.gal. Requests must be made at least fifteen days in advance and must specify:
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