museum of the american printing house for the blind

I had no knowledge about braille, printing, or other visually impaired tools and walked away from this tour with a wealth of knowledge. We did the factory tour and had a guide give us so much information. We had a solid base as we started the tour for the printing factory. There is a museum inside with lots of exhibits and information as well. I learned so much and it was all so interesting! I would recommend this for anyone to do. It was a huge eye opener for me. It was just great! We were there for about 2 1/2 hours.

This was a fascinating museum, and I only wish we could have made it back to tour the printing factory itself, but we were on a tight schedule. The museum covered the history of printing reading material for the blind and hard of seeing, and it was fascinating to read the history of Braille and others as they searched for ways to help others read. The exhibits were good, and displays included photographs and machines, and also some audio-visual exhibits and hands-on stations. Although sometimes the layout sometimes felt jumbled, I think the overall impression it made was cohesive.They also covered the history of the printing house itself, and its management and work history, and that also was interesting. You sometimes see things like this and forget that it's real people trying to work together; you don't always expect the management/labor disputes to spill over into a venture such as this which is more altruistic than most.There is also a hall of fame of people who have helped, but we did not go up to look at that.Staff was friendly on greeting us, but did not interrupt our time in the museum once we got started.

Fantastic visit! The museum gives you the history of the development of braille (and other systems for reading/writing for the visually impaired), talks about different kinds/causes of blindness, and more. There is a lot of hands on things, so our kids had a good time exploring. The tour is amazing! Most of the materials for visually impaired people in the United States are produced on site, and the tour lets you see where and how. Our guide was very interesting and kept things moving, giving us good information and answering our questions without going overboard on detail. And it's free?!? Definitely one of our new favorites!!

It is just amazing on what people can create for others with disabilities. The best thing is that it is free to visit, I would loved to have had more time to enjoy it.

This museum is must see in Louisville. It is very educational, unique and free. Plan on at least 2 hrs to see everything. You may have to call ahead to see when tours are given. Tours are only given a couple of times a day. The tour is very informative, in seeing of what challenges blind people have, and what advancements are being made in the technology aspect in assisting their disability. I would recommend this to anyone who is willing to learn about the blind.

Really enjoyed our visit. Our 11 year old daughter enjoyed learning about all the forms of printing and the instruments developed throughout the years to enable the blind to read and communicate with others. We were not expecting to stay as long as we did, but it was so interesting. We will allow more time next time we visit to take the tour of the factory.

Very informative tour about the ways that APH helps people who are visually impaired or blind. The making of talking books and braille books was especially interesting.

We recently visited the museum on a Friday. We knew that we wouldn't be able to get a guided tour since they don't do this on Fridays. Nonetheless, we went anyway. Boy, did we get more than we expected! We toured the museum, which was very informative. The kids got to type out a message in braille on a braille typewriter. They thought that was pretty neat! A lady who works there came up to us at the museum and said she would give us a tour of the facilities. It was our own private tour! Although the machines weren't operating, we did get to see everything and hear from her the history of the braille print process. Also, as a bonus, we got to view and listen to a professional audtiotaping that was in progress.

We took our grandchildren to this facility on a recent trip to Louisville and it was definitely educational for all of us. I had never considered how difficult blindness would be and all of the ways this organization helps the blind. Marissa was our guide and she did a fantastic job even though she is legally blind. This is definitely a good use of our tax dollars providing audio books and braille books to the blind. This museum should be on your "to do" list for Louisville.

I am not blind, nor do I have family or friends who a blind, but this really showed how blind people can overcome daily obstacles. It also showed the history of innovations for the blind population. It my family a lot to think about.

I never stopped to think about how difficult it would be to learn to read braille. There was a museum that had the history of the differnet prints for braille. One was our regular letters raised.. and while you may thing it easy.. it isnt. We how they actually made the braille pages of books, how they made different products for sight impaired people to learn and read. We had the opportunity to hear people making audio books as well as seeing how they proof read the books. The people here were very nice and the tour guide could answer every question asked.

We took our grandsons here to raise their awareness of the needs of the blind and how they cope. There are limited exhibits but what is there is very nice. The boys enjoyed working with the exhibits like building an eyeball or working with math software, punching out their names in Braille, etc. Worth an hour's visit. Free.

The folks at the downtown visitor center suggested we check this out so off we went. When we got there we were given a tour of the various production lines and then shown to the museum. We don't know any blind people so it was fascinating to see all the educational products that have been produced over the years for the blind community. Plan to spend a couple of hours there. The APH is located on historic Frankfort Street a couple of miles east of downtown.

We found this museum/ business on trip advisor. We took the kids for a field trip. It was wonderful. Excellent friendly staff. We all learned so much!

Being blind is like living in a whole other world. With this tour one gets a small glimpse into that world. The ingenuity used to create aids for a sightless world is unbelievable. I learned so much and hopefully you will as well.