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Spanish museums invite blind to touch works
Feeling copies of masterpieces gives visually challenged a chance to create a mental image
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Fri, Jul 17, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Madrid
STAFF at the Prado, Spain's top art museum, usually prevent visitors from touching its priceless treasures.
But on a recent morning, with their blessing, Jose Pedro Gonzalez, 56, slowly ran his fingers over a copy of one of 15th century master Diego de Velazquez's most famous paintings, Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan.
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