Botanical Garden Museum holds 2nd edition of “Accessible Sunday” with activities accessible to people with disabilities

The program includes adapted tours, creative workshops, and mediation with sign language interpreters.

Following its successful debut in July, the Botanical Garden Museum will hold the second edition of Accessible Sunday on August 31, a monthly program dedicated to increasing the participation of people with disabilities in educational and cultural activities. The event always takes place on the last Sunday of the month, with free admission.

The initiative reaffirms the commitment of the Museum and the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro to a museology focused on diversity and inclusion, offering experiences that consider different forms of perception, mobility, and communication, including people with visual, hearing, intellectual, motor, and neurodivergent disabilities. The activities include resources such as translation into Brazilian Sign Language (Libras), tactile materials, sensory mediations, and strategies that promote the autonomy and protagonism of the participants.

The August edition features two highlights: the “Sensory Cognitive Visit + Sensory Garden and Arboretum,” which invites the public to explore the Museum's exhibitions and then the Arboretum, focusing on the Sensory Garden; and the "Educational Visit: Photography at the Botanical Garden Museum," dedicated to the photographic memories of the JBRJ, guiding visitors through interactive activities and images that record its history. Both activities are translated into Brazilian Sign Language, ensuring full access, interaction, and active participation for deaf or hearing-impaired people.

The Botanical Garden Museum is the result of a partnership between the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, the idg - Institute for Development and Management, and Shell Brazil, the master sponsor of the space. The museum building has access ramps, elevators, and wide doors, ensuring greater mobility for all visitors.

The space also features tactile flooring, which guides visually impaired visitors, as well as tactile maps of each floor and a tactile model of the building. Complementing these resources, the MJB offers a WebApp with accessible content, including texts in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, videos in Brazilian Sign Language, and audio description resources.

PROGRAMMING

Sensory Cognitive Visit
Date: August 31 (Sunday)
Time: 9 a.m.
During this time reserved exclusively for people with intellectual and/or mental disabilities and their companions, in accordance with Municipal Law No. 6,278, the Museum adapts its exhibitions with sound adjustments and sensory objects, creating a welcoming environment. The guided tour invites the public to explore the space through different senses.
Meeting point: Reception Room
Audience: People with intellectual and/or mental disabilities and their companions
Spaces: 20, on a first-come, first-served basis

Sensory Cognitive Visit + Sensory Garden and Arboretum
Date: August 31 (Sunday)
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Multisensory visit through the Museum's exhibitions and the JBRJ Sensory Garden, mediated by our educators and with the presence of a Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) interpreter. The activity promotes interaction with natural elements and tactile materials, valuing different forms of perception and expression.
Meeting point: Reception Room
Audience: Children and families
Spaces: 20, on a first-come, first-served basis

Educational Visit: Photography at the Botanical Garden Museum
Date: August 31 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00 p.m.
A special visit through the photographic memories of the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. Guided by our educators, participants will explore the Museum's exhibitions and interactive activities, with an emphasis on images that tell the stories of the JBRJ. The activity will have Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) interpreters, ensuring accessibility, interaction, and full participation for deaf and hearing-impaired people.
Meeting point: Reception Room
Audience: Children and families
Spaces: 20, on a first-come, first-served basis

Photography and Nature Workshop
Date: August 31 (Sunday)
Time: 4:00 p.m.
The public will be inspired to explore the Museum creatively, awakening memories linked to the world of botany. Then, each participant will be able to take their own photographs and transform them into unique works of art, using free artistic techniques such as drawing and collage. The activity is conducted by Museum educators and interpreted in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras).
Location: Multipurpose Room
Audience: Ages 7 and up
Spaces: 20, on a first-come, first-served basis

Service - Accessible Sunday at MJB
August 31, 2025
Free admission | All ages welcome
More information at www.gov.br/jbrj

Botanical Garden Museum
Visiting hours: Thursday to Tuesday (closed on Wednesdays) / 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (visitors may remain until 6 p.m.)
Free admission upon ticket pickup at https://jbrj.eleventickets.com
Access via Rua Jardim Botânico, 1008 – Jardim Botânico.