On May 18, 2023, the International Museum Day, which is also the 12th Global Accessibility Awareness Day initiated by the United Nations, the "Inclusion For A Shared Future" A photo exhibition on disability inclusion through the eye of children and youth opened at the World Expo Museum. The exhibition is co-hosted by UNICEF China Office, China Volunteer Association for Helping the Disabled, China Association for the Promotion of Press and Publicity for the Cause of the Disabled, and Shanghai World Expo Museum.

Li Yurui, Program Officer of the Child Protection Division of the UNICEF Office in China delivered a speech

Liu Haijun, director of the Nuobao Sunshine Volunteer Service Base for the Disabled delivered a speech

Yu Zhenyu, deputy curator of the Shanghai World Expo Museum delivered a speech

Barrier-free Project Initiator, Exhibition Curator Zhang Ke

Guests unveiled the exhibition

"Inclusion For A Shared Future"

The theme of this year's International Museum Day is "Museums, Sustainability and Wellbeing". Creating a barrier-free environment for everyone in need is an important purpose of museums and other public cultural institutions.With the theme of "Inclusion For A Shared Future", this photography exhibition exhibited 58 photographs selected from the photography competition held by UNICEF in 2022.

The competition received about 1,300 photographic works from nearly 600 children and youths from 26 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions.

The exhibition is divided into three parts:"Flourish in Inclusive Education","Inclusive sports for all" and "Feel the world with your heart". People work together to create a child-friendly social environment that is equal, friendly, integrated and shared.

Create an accessible museum

The World Expo Museum has integrated the concept of barrier-free versatility into the overall design of this exhibition, using a 120cm-high movable easel for low-level display. Ordinary audiences can lean over and use the "1.2-meter perspective" to view the exhibition from the same perspective as children.

The organizer also specially set up an "Initiative" chapter at the end of the exhibition, advocating equality, understanding, tolerance and working together to create a more integrated environment for every child that is more conducive to the development of potential. All photographic works are equipped with an "audio description" barrier-free guide QR code, which is suitable for special groups such as the visually impaired, the elderly, and people with cognitive disabilities.

Flowers blooming with heart

Disabled children introduce their works to ordinary children

This exhibition also specially launched a display area for the works of disabled children. Teachers and students of the Special Education Vocational School in Huangpu District, Shanghai provided more than 50 sets of works for the exhibition which have a unique meaning.

Disabled Children make coffee and demonstrate intangible cultural heritage crafts for the audience

The World Expo Museum is a volunteer service base in Shanghai and a public welfare base in Shanghai, and is committed to promoting the development of social public welfare undertakings. Based on the concept of barrier-free, theoretical research and guided by scientific and technological innovation, the World Expo Museum has construct a new form of inclusive and friendly barrier-free museums from the three aspects of environment barrier-free, information barrier-free and attitude barrier-free.

The exhibition will last until May 31, and will be open to the public free of charge in the cloud hall of the World Expo Museum, and the "online exhibition" will be released online.