04.04.2016, Chennai: Hearing impaired visitors to the Fort Museum no longer need to struggle to understand the historical information about the various exhibits on display. A system with an intrpreter explaining details using sign language of eight oil portraits, each with a screen below, has been set up.
This is the first time a museum in the country has come up with such a facility, said K Lourdusamy, superintending archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), after inaugurating the system on Saturday.
"This will help them get an idea of each portrait in a language they can understand. We have placed the display system below eight oil paintings belonging to the colonial era. We will extend the service to all 35 portraits soon," he said.
With a small collection of objects of the British Raj, the Fort Museum was opened to the public in 1948. Many objects were added to the collection that now has 3661 antiquities. "We sent the text to a senior sign language expert. She introduced the facts in sign language after stydying the material," said K Moortheeswari, deputy superintending archaeologist, ASI.
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