The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library and the Washington State Library, in partnership with the Schuman Trust and the Washington State Heritage Center Trust, will host the Louis Braille traveling exhibit in Olympia and Seattle. National Braille Press has produced a 20-panel traveling display, in print and braille, that takes a viewer through the highlights of Louis's life, the braille production process, and why braille remains important today.
Across the nation, tens of thousands of children and adults who are blind or visually impaired depend on braille every day as their means to independent literacy. Among people who are legally blind, those who learn to read braille as their original reading medium and use it extensively are employed at a significantly higher rate than non-braille uses.
Learn more about the exhibit, National Braille Press, and our partner, the Heritage Center Trust.
Exhibit locations and hours:
March 1-15, 2010, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
3rd floor, Legislative Building in Olympia, WA.
March 17-29, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m.
Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, 2021 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA.
Contact WTBBL at 1-800-542-0866, for more information about bringing a large group to visit the exhibit.
“We the blind, are as indebted to Louis Braille as mankind is to Gutenberg.” —Helen Keller