The National Gallery of Art is currently hosting "The Quest For Immortality:
Treasures of Ancient Egypt".   Don't know if this is the website you saw,
but hope it helps.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Marina Daiman <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: exhibition for people with disability


> I clearly remember coming across a museum website recently (a week
> ago?), that currently has an Egyptian show on. On their homepage they
> prominently dispayed a note recommending it for people with low vision.
> Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of the museum. My perfunctory
> search didn't render much, but this:
>
> Egyptian Museum for Touch
> http://dns1.mhie.ac.uk/~aem/Casestudies/Italy/it_torino_egizie.html
>
> Also look at this:
> http://www.egypttoday.com/main/fea_Beauty.htm
> excerpt: Hall 44's circular exhibition area includes relief drawings of
> some of the items on display, for the benefit of blind children. According
> to Danielle Wozny, one of the organizers of the exhibition, one of the
> show's main aims is to acquaint children, including those with
> disabilities, with the concepts of beauty. Several workshops have been
> held in all of the participating museums to simplify the concepts
> introduced. These workshops included a perfume session in which children
> were taught how to mix their own perfumes.
>
> http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/PubNews/egypt.htm
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Marina Daiman
> http://www.geocities.com/marina_daiman
>
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