muzieum

We didn't know anything about the place and thought it would be a 'normal' museum and as we were only in njimegan for a short visit thought we would visitHowever we were given a suprise and we're greeted by a staff member who explained that it was to experience an hour being blind. Chris our guide had very poor sight and in darkness took us on a simulated trip involving a series of rooms. The whole experience was fantastic we had the most amazing time and would recommend families and couples to visit . All the staff were very helpful and spent time after discussing our experience. We would like to thank them for being so welcoming and knowledgeable.

Experience the world of the blind in 45 minutes! Book the dark walk tour with a blind guide and feel how it is when you cann't see. How is everyday life: the living room, garden, a walk through the city, shopping, and a drink in a bar.After the tour you have an idea how it is when you are blind,a real mind set.Tip; the dark walk is max 6 persons, pre reservation recommended.

How does it feel to be blind and being amongst blind people? Well, have a seat in this pitchdark restaurant (a table of eight) and undergo this profound experience. Who sits next to me? What kind of food am I earting? Where do I find it on my plate?How and where to cut. How to get it properly on my fork/spoon? Wow I can use my hands, nowbody will notice it! Being carefull while searching my glass. Excellent idea, this place. And the food? Well, I was so occupied by being blind for an hour and having the most surpising and intimate conversations with people I could not see and have not seen before. The food must have been allright because I did consume all of it.

Guides are very friendly and helpful which is really important to get you to experience everything. I didn't book and I got a spot but i was alone and willing to go with the Dutch tour. The guides and even the other people with me helped everyone else throughout. I thought it was really interesting and valuable and I would definitely recommend it

Went here with my family, Hans, the tour guide, did a really nice tour and told a lot of interesting facts in his very comfortable voice. There are also some small games/tests you can do before or after the tour. Price is a bit high at 15e pp but the tour only allows 6 people at a time so that's why probably.

This was a unique, memorable visit. Everyone should be able to have this experience where you can take a moment and empathize with someone else, in this case, a blind person. The first five to ten minutes were scary as you are in complete darkness with a cane, but with the friendly and kind host to show you around his world in the dark, you adjust to losing a sense. (Tip: Close your eyes if the darkness starts to terrify you!) The games for the visually impaired outside the museum exhibit are really fun and surprising as well! Every city should have this type of museum. Highly recommended.

You simply MUST try this one! It 'll give you a taste of the world in which blind people dwell all the time. On top of that everybody is friendly, you will feel very welcome and at the end of your experience you 'll be able to count your blessings on top of everything else. Make a reservation.

The muZIEum was a great experience. I would recommend everybody to go there and be in total darkness for an hour and experience what it is to live without the ability to see....

This is a transforming experience of "another country". When we emerged we saw the world differently, and a month on the impression is still strong.You need to book ahead to ensure a guide who speaks English.

This was our primary reason for coming to Nijmegen and we weren’t disappointed!Really unique and fabulous experience, you really leave this place thinking about things differently.

just not experience what usually is so common for you! a view!a highly recommended experience and visit.

Walk in a totlaly dark museum with a blind guide who explaines a lot of things of beeing blind. You have to experience how it is to walk around using only a stick and how to recognize objects in the dark. It was a great experience!

This place, or those like it around the world, are incredibly worth doing. I have been to one in Hamburg and recently this one in Nijmegen. I'll start by saying the Hamburg one was cheaper and better, but that shouldn't detract from the wonderful attraction.The staff are friendly, and the tour is conducted in both English and Dutch. Our guide was a blind man who was very patient with us sighted folk. An experience like this is scary, it really makes you see how reliant on sight we are and makes you appreciate how tough the visually impaired have it.The tour takes about 45 mins and you can spend the same amount of time in the museum/workshop part of it which is fun and educational.

Find yourself in a completely different, alien environment. Complete darknes is more menacing than ever thought. But guided by blind people adapted to this phenomenon you can find your way out in the meantime learning about how you blind fellowmen cope with, to us, normal things like traffic, noise and typical Dutch bicyclists.

We pre-booked a visit for our family of 4 because we don't speak Dutch and needed the tour in English. They were very accommodating and arranged a guide who spoke pretty good English. We were well looked after, our guide made sure we felt comfortable and encouraged us to explore each "room". Until this visit I had never thought about how a blind person would manage in a supermarket. It really highlighted to me how hard it must be to be independent when you can't see - it's something we take for granted.It was quite expensive for a museum, but as we had a guide to ourselves for over an hour it was good value. Just a shame that some of the other exhibits were not accessible for English speakers.