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The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) is part of the Azure Network, an alliance of cultural organisations that aim for greater inclusion of people with dementia in an Irish cultural context. IMMA offers special tailor-made tours of specific artworks so that participants have the chance to discuss and explore the exhibitions. New dates for spring 2017 have been announced for people with dementia, their carers and friends.
All tours are delivered by IMMA staff members who are specially trained in facilitating art tours for people with dementia. The tour finishes with an optional complimentary tea or coffee and a chat in IMMA’s on-site Itsa café.
Upcoming Azure tours at IMMA
Friday 10 February 2017 / 11am -12.30pm
Thursday 9 March 2107 / 11am -12.30pm
Tuesday 11 April 2017 / 2pm – 3.30pm
Friday 5 May 2017 / 11am -12.30pm
How to Book?
You can book for an Azure tour by contacting Caroline via email to edcommbooking@imma.ie or telephone to 01 612 9956. If booking in advance doesn’t suit you, you’re also more than welcome to come along to our tours as a ‘drop-in’ attendee – just meet us at reception at the times/dates mentioned above.
What to expect?
Read this recent blog to get more details on what you can expect from Azure tours at IMMA, and to find out more about the Azure Network nationwide.
The Azure programme is inspired by the ‘Meet Me at MoMA’ programme for people with dementia at MoMA, New York. Azure’s primary objective is to reduce the barriers experienced by people with dementia and their carers in accessing cultural organisations, and to ensure that every aspect of their engagement with these organisations is sensitive to their needs.
