By the end of the summer, an information pavilion, dubbed Jewinform, will open, and a lift will be built to bring disabled visitors to the first floor of the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, housed in a wing of the Dohány Street Synagogue, Europe's biggest.
A consortium of the Hungarian Association of Jewish Congregations (Mazsihisz) and the Budapest Jewish Congregation (BSZH) have won a HUF 40 million grant within the framework of the New Hungary Development Plan for the projects, which will cost a combined HUF 58 million, said Mazsihisz managing director Gusztáv Zoltai.
The museum lift will be installed by the start of Jewish Summer Festival on August 26. In addition to making the building accessible to those with physical disabilities, improvements will be made to better accommodate visitors with hearing loss as well as the blind.
The museum is making a new audio guide, digitalizing its collections and setting up a new permanent exhibition, too.
The information point will open onto the street, allowing easy access for the public, not just museum-goers. A nearby warehouse will be converted for the use of Jewinform.
Jewinform will soon launch a website in Hungarian and English.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: hg.hu
