Eskilstuna city museum offers extra hours for families with disabilities

- My son has an extensive disability which makes it a challenge to find meaningful leisure activities, she says.

Extra open

A few weekends during the fall, Eskilstuna city museum opens an hour earlier and families are given the opportunity to visit the museum in a more adapted way. Something that, among other things, means fewer visitors, reduced sensory impressions and a calmer environment.

- On a normal Saturday or Sunday, we can have up to 500-600 visitors in one day. It can be difficult for a person with a disability that there are a lot of people and a lot of noise, says Karolien Jorissen, museum educator at Eskilstuna city museum.

Their own terms

Eskilstuna city museum is part of Eskilstuna municipality's activities. It is free to visit the museum and Karolien Jorissen insists that the same applies when they are extra open.

To book a visit with a more customized arrangement, you must send an email to the museum.

- The extra opening hours are really aimed at everyone with various disabilities or who need to take part in the museum on their own terms, says Karolien Jorissen.

In the clip above: Hear what the museum's investment means to Vedrana Jobst and her family.