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This year the Passion for Knowledge (P4K) 2023 science festival has an innovative astronomy exhibition that opens the doors to inclusion, with accessible tactile, sound and audiovisual experiences, in which the surface of galaxies and the craters of the Moon can be explored with one's fingers, or the sounds of the Sun can be listened to. The STROM – Inclusive Astronomy exhibition, conceived and developed by the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) in collaboration with Tabakalera, will be open to the public from 4 to 31 October on the third floor of Tabakalera.

The amazing journey through the Universe of STROM – Inclusive Astronomy begins by exploring our Solar System and ends with a journey through the outermost parts of the known Universe, where the protagonists will be black holes, neutrinos, dark matter and dark energy. Through interactive and multisensory experiences and a layered discourse approach, anyone who comes to the exhibition will be able to learn about everything from basic astronomy concepts to the frontier of research in the field of astrophysics that is being conducted in the Basque Country.

A primary objective of the exhibition is accessibility, understood as the elimination of as many barriers as possible to enable the participation of people with disabilities, in particular visual, hearing, cognitive and mobility disabilities. To achieve this, podotactile guides have been installed on the floor, there are tactile information panels with accessible text sizes, QRs with access to audio guides designed specifically for the visually impaired, audiovisual sequences with signo-guides, subtitling and magnetic loop, all in an exhibition space without physical barriers.

The exhibition opened today includes an attractive program of complementary activities geared towards all members of the public. The inclusive hallmark will come with the help of a series of talks and a roundtable discussion organized by the DIPC and Kutxa Fundazioa, designed to promote the participation of people who normally find their access to the dissemination of science limited.

The full program of complementary activities of the STROM – Inclusive Astronomy exhibition is available at p4k.dipc.org/strom

Opening of the STROM – Inclusive Astronomy exhibition