The Rice Museum

Carrer del Rosari 3, 46011 València

TOURISTIC AREA: Sea towns, Marina and beaches

Auditory

Access:

All-glass door.

Reception:

Reception desk 113 cm high with no screen or induction loop.

Indoor mobility:

There are information panels in each room with pictograms or short texts. With illuminated emergency alerts.

Toilets:

No visual aide to indicate free or occupied. No gap underneath the cubicle door.

Lift:

With no floor landing indicator and visual information inside but not outside of cab, with an emergency visual alert. All-glass door. Panoramic lift.

Display:

Subtitled audiovisual displays.

Physical

Car park:

Three public parking spaces reserved for PLM, with vertical and horizontal signage: two on Calle Escalante, 21 and 25, 56 and 80 m away and one on Calle Maria Cuber, 38, 95 m away. With uneven paving and accessible route to the Museum.

Access:

Main entrance with no changes in level. Access through two doors. The first is permanently open with 97 cm clear width. The second is automatic with 107 cm clear width.

Reception:

Located on Ground Floor, with no changes in level. Counter 113 cm high, 111 cm clearance and 13 cm depth underneath.

Indoor mobility:

The Museum comprises three floors and one attic. All of the doors are accessible. The audiovisual room is on the Ground Floor and has benches. Corridors with more than 120 cm clear width, occasionally narrowing to 70 cm. The attic is accessed from the Ground Floor via stairs served by a lift platform. The other floors have identical characteristics and are all accessible via stairs or lift. Smooth, slip-resistant floor surface, except the attic which has irregular parquet flooring.

Toilets:

The toilets are on the First Floor. There is an adapted unisex toilet with accessible route. Signage on door with standardised symbol. Slip-resistant floor surface. Toilet door with a handle opening outward, with 100 cm clear width. No spring hinge. There is a space in front of and behind the door of 150 cm or more. The lock can be opened from the outside in the event of an emergency. Turning circle inside the cubicle is 150 cm in diameter. Washbasin 72 cm high, no pedestal or front panel, with a clear space underneath 75 cm high and 53 cm deep. It cannot be reached from the toilet. Mixer tap. Upright mirror; height of lower edge, 81 cm. Approach to the toilet, 103 cm wide on the right side, 32 cm on the left side and 140 cm in front. Toilet seat height, 42 cm. Fixed grab bar on the left side and folding grab bar on the right side. Left grab bar at a height of 75 cm. Bar on the right at a height of 65 cm. Distance between grab bars, 68 cm.

Lift:

A panoramic lift connects the ground floor to the third floor. Located on an accessible floor with an accessible route. With 80 cm clear width and a 122x100 cm cab. Height of call buttons, 114 cm; height of cab buttons, 105 cm; and height of handrail, 103 cm.

Stairs:

A main stair connects the Ground Floor with the Third. Access via a door with 105 cm clear width, with a ramp with a 7% incline. A second stair connects the Ground Floor with the Mezzanine. Made up of a section of eight glass steps, with 20 cm riser height and 28 cm treat depth, with tactile-visual strips. Single glass handrail on both sides of stairs, at a height of 128 cm. Alternative route via a service lift. The stairs are made up of three sections on each Floor, each section with ten, three and seven steps respectively. Each step has 20 cm tread depth and approximately 14 cm riser height.

Display:

Route with no changes in level. Corridors with 120 cm clear width, occasionally narrowing to 70 cm. The exhibition elements are behind railings 80 cm high, with no edge protection. Display cases at a height of 80-180 cm. The rooms are equipped with furniture for sitting.

Visual

Access:

Main entrance with no changes in level. Access through two doors. The first is permanently open. The second door is all-glass, automatic and has high colour contrasted signage.

Reception:

Route with no changes in level and a smooth, slip-resistant floor surface. The lighting is not uniform. Counter 113 cm high, with no direct lighting.

Indoor mobility:

The Museum comprises three floors and one attic. All of the doors are accessible. The audiovisual room is on the Ground Floor, with columns that may obstruct the route. The attic is accessed from the Ground Floor via stairs with tactile visual signage. The other floors have identical characteristics and are all accessible via stairs or lift. The exhibition elements are behind railings 80 cm high, with no edge protection. Smooth, slip-resistant floor surface, except the attic which has irregular parquet flooring. There are information panels with small text and without direct lighting. The lighting is not uniform.

Toilets:

Men's and women's toilets marked with standardised pictograms in contrasting colours and placed at a height of 174 cm. Toilet door contrasts with the wall. Uniform lighting with no timer. Slip-resistant floor surface.

Lift:

A panoramic lift connects the ground floor to the third floor. Located on an accessible floor with an accessible route. Buttons in Braille. Handrail height, 103 cm. Not equipped with audio signals to indicate floor landing and direction of movement. Equipped with an audio alarm and intercom.

Stairs:

A main stair connects the Ground Floor with the Third. Access via a ramp with 7% incline. A second stair connects the Ground Floor with the Mezzanine, made up of one section of eight glass steps with no riser, with tactile-visual signage and no edge protection. With glass handrails on both sides, 128 cm high and with an alternative route via a lift. Three sections of stairs per floor, with ten, three and seven steps each. Handrails extend onto the landings. Uniform lighting.

Display:

Smooth, slip-resistant floor surface, with no bumps. There are columns that may obstruct the route. Non-uniform lighting with possible reflections in exhibition elements. Panels and signs with small size print with contrasting colours.