Carmen Center for Contemporary Culture
Museu 2, 4, 46003 València
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TOURISTIC AREA: Historical center
Auditory
Access:
Permanently open door.
Reception:
Reception desk 120 cm high with no induction loop. There is a panel with visual information about the Museum and the routes to follow.
Indoor mobility:
There is written information about the exhibitions and exhibition rooms.
Toilets:
No visual aide to indicate free or occupied. No gap underneath the cubicle door.
Lift:
A lift connects from Basement to Second Floor. There is visual information inside and outside of cab, and an emergency visual alert. The lift to the toilets connects from Basement to Second Floor. With visual information only in the cab.
Display:
The subtitles for audiovisual displays vary with each exhibition
Shop:
All-glass door.
Physical
Car park:
One reserved public parking space with horizontal and vertical signage on Calle Salvador Giner, no. 10, 150 m from the Museum entrance, and another on Calle del Padre Huérfanos, 135 m from the Museum entrance. The routes from the two parking spaces to the Museum are accessible, with uneven paving on part of the itinerary.
Access:
Entrance with a stone doorstep, served by an exterior ramp 30 cm long, 22% incline, and another ramp inside, 235 cm long and 9.5% incline. The outdoor ramp is paved in stone and the indoor ramp with slip-resistant rubber. No handrail. Door with 186 cm clear width. Opens inward.
Reception:
Located on Ground Floor, with an accessible route. Counter height, 120 cm.
Indoor mobility:
A former monastery, comprising three floors connected by three stairs and two lifts. Route with changes in level in entrances to exhibition rooms, served by ramps with 9%-11% incline. Most of the ramps have slip-resistant strips. Corridor width, more than 120 cm. Furniture for sitting available in transit areas within the Museum. Most of the exhibition halls have no changes in level and routes of more than 120 cm. The furniture varies, depending on the temporary exhibitions. The flooring is made of various materials, most of which are smooth and slip-resistant.
Toilets:
Unisex toilet on the Basement Floor, accessible via a lift. Signage on door with standardised symbol. Slip-resistant floor surface. Toilet door with C-type handle, opening outward, with 80 cm clear width and no spring hinge. There is a space in front of and behind the door of 150 cm or more. Sliding cubicle door opening with doorknob, with 80 cm clear width. The lock can be opened from the outside in the event of an emergency. Washbasin inside the cubicle 85 cm high, no pedestal, with a clear space underneath 65 cm high and 55 cm deep. It cannot be reached from the toilet. Mixer tap. Upright mirror; height of lower edge, 98 cm from the floor. Approach to the toilet, 60 cm wide on the right side and 48 cm on the left. Toilet seat height, 38 cm. Foldable grab bar on the right at a height of 78 cm and fixed grab bar on the left at a height of 90 cm. Distance between grab bars, 78 cm. Lighting with no timer.
Lift:
A lift connects from Basement to Second Floor. With 170 cm clear width and a 222x157 cm cab. Cab buttons at a height of 86-107 cm. No handrail. The lift to the toilets connects from Basement to Second Floor. Door with 80 cm clear width and call buttons at a height of 110 cm. 126x118 cm cab. With a handrail.
Stairs:
Two stairs connect Ground Floor to Second Floor and a third stair goes to the Basement, providing access to the toilets. Stair to the Old Dormitory, comprising sections of 12 steps with 29 cm tread depth and 18 cm riser height. With no slip-resistant strips. Handrail on the left side, placed at a height of 87 cm and not extending onto intermediate landings. Stair next to the Renaissance Cloister, preceded by an 83 cm ramp. Sections with six and seven steps, with 40 cm tread depth and 18 cm riser height. With handrail on the left at a height of 115 cm. Stair giving access to the toilets, comprising two sections per floor with 12 steps each, with 28 cm tread depth and 18 cm riser height. With no slip-resistant strips. Handrail on the right side extending onto intermediate landings.
Display:
Doors giving access to the exhibition halls with more than 90 cm clear width. Accessible route with no changes in level inside the halls and corridors with more than 120 cm clear width. Ferreres hall divided into two heights via a stair with six steps, 38 cm tread depth and 18 cm riser height, with no slip-resistant strips. Alternative route via a ramp comprising two sections, one 5 m long with 17% incline and the other 2.5 m long with 7% incline. Both ramps are 1 m wide, with slip resistant flooring. No handrail. The furniture and height of the displays and texts vary with each exhibition. Smooth, slip-resistant floor surface.
Shop:
Located next to the reception desk on the Ground Floor, with an accessible route. Door with 180 cm clear width. Opens via a vertical handle placed at a height of 92-120 cm. Books and items placed at a height of 69-73 cm.
Visual
Access:
Permanently open entrance door. With a stone doorstep levelled by a ramp on either side. The ramps have no tactile-visual signage. The outdoor ramp is paved in stone and the indoor ramp with slip-resistant rubber.
Reception:
Barrier free path with no changes in level. Uniform lighting. Counter 120 cm high, with no direct lighting.
Indoor mobility:
A former monastery, comprising three floors connected by three stairs and two lifts. Route with changes in level in entrances to exhibition rooms, served by ramps with 9%-12% incline. Most of the ramps have slip-resistant strips. Clear, barrier free route throughout most of the Museum. The flooring is made of various materials, most of which are smooth and slip-resistant. Uniform lighting.
Toilets:
Men's and women's toilets marked with standardised tactile pictograms in contrasting colours and placed at a height of 160 cm. Toilet door contrasts with the wall. Uniform lighting with no timer. Slip-resistant floor surface. No unmarked barriers and projecting elements.
Lift:
A lift connects from Basement to Second Floor. With contrasted buttons, in Braille characters and embossed. No handrail and not equipped with audio signals to indicate floor landing and direction of movement. Equipped with an audio alarm and intercom. The lift to the toilets connects from Basement to Second Floor. Standard buttons, with no Braille characters or contrasting colours.
Stairs:
Two stairs connect Ground Floor to Second Floor and a third stair goes to the Basement, providing access to the toilets. All with a slip-resistant floor surface. Stair giving access to the Old Dormitory, comprising sections of 12 steps. With no nosing and no visual signage, and with no edge protection on some sections. Handrail on the left side, not extending onto intermediate landings. Uniform lighting. Stair next to the Renaissance Cloister, comprising sections with six and seven steps with nosing. With handrail on the left side and no tactile-visual strips. Moderate lighting. Stair giving access to the toilets, comprising two sections per floor with 12 steps each. With edge protection and no nosing. With no visual signage. Handrail on the right side extending onto intermediate landings. Moderate lighting.
Display:
The route in the halls varies with each exhibition. Barrier free, in general. Ferreres hall divided into two heights via a stair with six steps, 38 cm tread depth and 18 cm riser height. With no slip-resistant strips. The furniture and height of the displays and texts vary with each exhibition. Smooth, slip-resistant floor surface. The lighting and information print size varies with each exhibition.
Shop:
Located next to the reception desk on the Ground Floor, with an accessible route and no changes in level. Glass door with no contrasted visual signage.