Simón Bolivar Museum
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Description
The Errementarikua farmhouse, which has housed the Simón Bolívar Museum since 1983, is located on the coastal route of the Way of St James as it passes through Bizkaia.
The museum's collections show what life was like for the people of Bizkaia in the Middle Ages and describes the personal and political career of Simón Bolívar.
Ground floor: displays the iconography of Simón Bolívar. This floor also hosts temporary exhibitions.
First floor: offers information about the Middle Ages (landscape, way of life based on livestock and agriculture, the importance of the churches of Bolibar and Zenarruza, the use of wood for charcoal production, economic activities — ironworks and mills — and the birth of towns).
Second floor: presents a chronological biography of Simón Bolívar (Venezuela 1783 to Colombia 1830). Genealogy, Bolívar’s trips to Europe, his stay in Bilbao and Madrid, Bolívar’s political pieces and the geography of Independence.
Features and services
- The commercial policy regarding people with functional diversity
- Accessibility policy
- Specialized support for people with functional diversity
- Communicationo adaptation
- Personal Assistance and lending of technical aids
- Environment accessibility
- Public transport
- Parking
- Indoor circulation
- Emergency exit
- Information desk
- Locker
- Vertical mobility
- WC
- Observations
The commercial policy regarding people with functional diversity
- Is there a special rate for people with functional diversity and/or their companions?
- Yes
Accessibility policy
- Is there an accessibility certificate?
- No
- Is there a dedicated printed accessibility plan?
- No
Specialized support for people with functional diversity
- Is this staff easy to identify?
- No
Communicationo adaptation
- Is an internet point with a Jaws voice system available?
- No
- Are magnetic loop systems available?
- No
- Is information available regarding facilities and services in accessible text?
- No
- Is information available regarding facilities and services in Braille?
- Yes
- Does any staff know sign language?
- No
- Is there an audio guide service?
- No
- Is the work adapted for blind people?
- Yes
- Is adapted information available (simple text)
- Yes
- Is there any means of communication specifically designed for people with functional diversity?
- No
- Easy to read work information
- Yes
- Observations
- They have museum guides in Braille. In addition, the buttons that activate the museum's audiovisual displays are also in Braille.
Personal Assistance and lending of technical aids
- There is a service for lending technical mobility aids
- No
- Required personal assistance services are available
- Yes
Environment accessibility
- Is the establishment in a location with significant urban barriers or where there are problems to get access to motor vehicles?
- No
Public transport
- Availability of public transport
- No
Parking
- Parking available inside
- No
- Parking available outside
- No
- Public parking available nearby
- No
- Parking spaces reserved for PRM in the public space
- Yes
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Own indoor parking spaces
- Number of spaces
- 1
Indoor circulation
- Main aisle width of at least 1.80 m
- Yes
- Secondary aisle width of at least 1.20 m
- No
- Floor surface with guiding strips and orientation systems
- No
- Observations
- The secondary corridors are 1.00m.
Emergency exit
- Does the establishment have evacuation plans in Braille and/or high relief?
- No
- Does the emergency door have panic bars?
- No
Information desk
- Is part of this 0.70 - 0.85 m high?
- No
Locker
- Is part of this 0.70 - 0.85 m high?
- No
- How high are the lockers?
- 1,06m
Vertical mobility
-
Elevators
- Does it have at least one lift?
- No
- Is access available to all floors?
- No
WC
- There is at least 1 service that can be considered as PRM accessible
- No
Observations
- Other aspects of interest
You can access the Museum via the secondary door without barriers, however, there is a 7cm step to enter the first room. The rooms are on different floors connected by stairs.