MuZIEum Highlights
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Explore the streets of Nijmegen while wearing virtual reality glasses that simulate visual impairments
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Encounter some of the daily struggles and routines of people who are blind or partially sighted while carrying a white cane
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Discover what it's like to muck around in the kitchen, look around in a store, and cross the street
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Visit this special sensory museum and experience it by touching, hearing, and smelling
MuZIEum Overview
Activity Location: Ziekerstraat 6B, 6511 LH, Nijmegen
Activity Timings:
- 12.00 - 17.00 (Monday)
- 9.30 - 17.00 (Tuesday- Sunday)
Activity Duration: 1 Hour 30 minutes (Approx)
About the MuZIEum:
Enter a world where your other senses - hearing, smell, touch, and taste - become far more important than you are accustomed to. Experience the life of a blind in a pitch-dark room where you can see nothing and learn about their everyday living habits and sense their living style with the help of a guide who is there to assist you throughout the tour.
About the Activity:
- Take a tour of this invisible world with a blind or partially sighted guide.
- Discover the place with a virtual reality glass that stimulates visual impairments.
- Visit this place to experience the life of a blind and their living habits.
- Experience how it is to live without an eye in the darkness and sense their belongingness.
- Explore the place through your sensory organs like nose, ears and mouth.
- See how people who are blind live their struggling life and how they spend their entire life.
How to Reach?
- By Car: Hire a cab and come via s102 which is 2.4 km from the city centre and you will reach your destination within 8 minutes.
- By Bus: Take a bus from Nijmegen, 2e Oude Heselaan to Nijmegen, Plein 1944 then, walk for 4 minutes to reach your final destination.
Select Package Options
MuZIEum Tickets
Ribbed Route Tickets
More Details about MuZIEum
Know Before You Go for MuZIEum
- Please note that you have to reserve a timeslot before your visit.
- Please bring a €1 coin for the Darkness Experience
- Rescheduling may be possible. Please contact customer service for further assistance.
- The Darkness Experience is only suitable for 8+.
- The Ribbelroute experience is only suitable for 13+.
- Select free cancellation and cancel until 23:59 on the day before your visit.
- All foreign nationals must share their passport and visa details at the time of arrival.
- ID proof is mandatory for each individual guest at the time of arrival.
- Child tickets are applicable for visitors aged 8-12 years. Adult tickets are applicable for visitors aged 13 years and above.
Accessibility Options for MuZIEum
- Wheelchair Accessible