Accessibility

• The U- and S- station Potsdamer Platz is located about 150 m away and equipped with elevators, additionally there are many bus lines nearby.
• Public parking is available in the parking garages in the vicinity of Potsdamer Platz.
• Exterior paths are easy to walk and drive on due to their surface condition.
• The building is accessible without steps.
• All rooms and facilities that can be used by guests are elevated and accessible without steps or via elevators.
• The elevator cabs are 108 cm x 139 cm.
• There is a ramp at the exit of each elevator in the basement. The ramps have a slope of 15% and are at least 110 cm wide and 120 cm long.
• All doors/passages that can be used by guests and are raised are at least 86 cm wide.
• Seating is provided.
• The exhibits/play tables are predominantly visible, perceptible or approachable while seated.
• The information on the exhibits is predominantly legible while seated.
• The two rides (Drachenburg and Zauberschüler) are not usable for guests who cannot get on and off independently.
• There are tables in the café that can be lowered (maximum height 80 cm, can be lowered to a height of 67 cm with a depth of 30 cm).
• There are seats for wheelchair users in the 4D cinema.

Public restroom for people with disabilities (basement)

• The movement areas are:
  in front of the washbasin and in front of the WC 150 cm x 140 cm;
  to the left of the WC 130 cm x 70 cm; to the right of the WC 86 cm x 70 cm.
• There are handrails to the left and right of the WC.
• Both handrails can be folded up.
• The washbasin can be moved underneath.
• The mirror is visible in sitting and standing position.
• There is a cord as an alarm trigger.

• There is no visually clear perceptible alarm.
• There is no inductive hearing system.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevator is confirmed acoustically, e.g. by an intercom system. Alternatively, stairs are provided.
• Information about the exhibits is provided in writing.
• Tables with bright and glare-free lighting are available in the café, where there are no lamps standing or hanging that interfere with the field of vision or eye contact.

• Assistance dogs may be brought into all relevant areas/rooms.
• The entrance is not visually contrasting.
• Almost all raised areas that can be used by guests are well lit, i.e. bright and glare-free.
• Signage is designed in legible, high-contrast lettering.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevators is confirmed acoustically. The stopping position is not announced by voice.
• Stairs have visually contrasting edges at least on the first and last steps.
• Stairs have handrails on both sides.
• Exhibits are generally well illuminated.
• Exhibit signage is visually contrasting.
• Information is conveyed in writing but is not available in Braille or prismatic letters.

• The name of the operation is not clearly visible from the outside.
• The destinations of the paths are within sight or there are path signs at a constantly visible distance.
• Exhibit information is provided written in simple language.
• Food in the café is visibly presented (counter).