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Please Touch the Art: 3-D Printing Helps Visually Impaired Appreciate Paintings
In museums the world over, one rule trumps all others: look but don’t touch. But what if you can’t look? Why should being blind prevent a person from appreciating works of art that are not only masterpieces, but also an important part of his or her country’s cultural history?
. . . The solution, the curators concluded, was not simply offering audio or braille guides, but to create elaborate 3-D replicas of key works, which visitors could touch….
Please touch the art