Santiago Makes Murals Accessible to Visually Disabled

A new initiative in the Chilean capital of Santiago is making some of the city’s dramatic street murals accessible to visually disabled people.
Santiago Makes Murals Accessible to Visually Disabled
A blind woman touches a mural on July 10 in Santiago, Chile. CLAUDIO REYES/AFP/Getty Images
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A new initiative in the Chilean capital of Santiago is making some of the city’s dramatic street murals accessible to visually disabled people.

The “Hand on the Wall” project places a plaque with a raised reproduction of six murals in front of the works, combined with a description in Braille and an audioguide available through a phone app.