Alipore Museum has put up Braille signs.
These signs help people with visual impairments.
Recently, 15-year-old Madhurima Naskar read a caption outside Jawaharlal Nehru’s cell.
Nehru spent four months there in 1934.
The Braille signs helped Madhurima connect with her history lessons.
The museum was once a jail.
Now it has Braille signs to help everyone visit.
The Calcutta chapter of Young Indians (Yi) started this project.
They asked the museum to make it happen.
Jayanta Sengupta is the museum director.
He said that making the museum accessible is very important.
He explained that now, people who cannot see can read the signs in Braille.
Madhurima’s aunt, Sabita Naskar, was surprised to see her niece reading the caption.
Sabita had not noticed the Braille sign and was reading it aloud.
When she learned about the Braille caption, she felt happy.
It made the visit more enjoyable and independent for Madhurima.
Madhurima told her aunt how the British treated freedom fighters badly.
The mayor, Firhad Hakim, opened the Braille signage.
Hidco manages the project.
Baibhav Agarwal, chair of Yi Kolkata, said that many tourists visit heritage places.
He wants to make sure these places are easy for everyone to access.
The installation includes 44 Braille indicators, 53 Braille signs, a Braille map at the entrance, and four ramps.
This information was shared in an article from Telegraph India.
With these efforts, Alipore Museum is setting a good example.
It shows how to make cultural spaces friendly for everyone.
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