- The Museum offers guided tours in sign language and descriptive tours for the hearing and visually impaired.
- The rooms include a tactile floor plan, as well as prints, models and relief paintings of some of the exhibits.
- ONCE, FESORD Foundation and APESOA have collaborated in the distribution and organisation of the elements.
The new exhibition "Cocentaina, Archaeology and Museum"which houses the MARQ until 14 February, has different activities so that visitors with disabilities can enjoy the outstanding historical and cultural heritage of this municipality in El Comtat. The planning has counted on the advice of the Educational Resources Centre of El Comtat. Eleven Alicanteas with that of the Federation of Deaf People of the Valencian Community (FESORD Foundation) and the Deaf People's Association of L'Alacantí (APESOA).
The exhibition makes an exhaustive tour of the cultural and historical heritage of Cocentaina, with key pieces such as the Altarpiece of Santa BarbaraThe 15th century work, on loan from the City Council for the occasion, the Sacred Biblethe Privilege of Concession of Fira to Cocentaina of 1346 or the original score of the march Paquito el chocolatero. The MARQ has made available to the people with visual impairment embossed plates together with descriptive texts in Braille in some of the most significant elements, including the one that has become the focus of the exhibition following the discovery of a Roman frieze on its back, the coat of arms of the Corella family.
For a better use and enjoyment of the visit, the museum has placed at the disposal of the users a tactile plane located at the entrance of each of the rooms, models tactile paintings, such as the one that reproduces the urban layout of Cocentaina in the 14th century, or relief paintings, among which we find the Mare de Deu del Miracle'.-.
In addition, it is planned to adapt the audiovisuals in sign language to enable deaf people to access the content of the exhibition and, for the first time, the "interpreter points, locations with adequate light to make it easier for users to access the explanation of the contents.
Finally, it should be noted that as complementary activities have been arranged guided tours in sign languagewith the collaboration of APESOA, and descriptive visits for the visually impaired.
