[ID: A TikTok by @asfvision.
[A man with a white cane stands in front of the Musse Du Louvre and addresses the camera.] I’m blind, let’s go to the Louvre! I’m not gonna be able to see anything. They’re supposed to have this tactile room with Braille and sculptures. Normally, I do not like art museums.
[Inside the museum, the man holds up a booklet.] There’s a Braille tactile map!
[He touches the pages showing the Mona Lisa.] I can actually feel the Mona Lisa! I didn’t know this was gonna be possible. This key tells you what each material is. The Braille’s in French, but that’s OK.
[He holds the booklet up to a different page.] I get to keep it with me the whole tour so I can see what everything feels like.
[He closes the booklet with a flourish.] To the Tactile Room!
[He uses his cane to navigate to the room.] I think this is it.
[He touches, then reads a display sign.] It is, dude, there’s Braille on the signs. “Le Froid du bronze.” It’s made out of bronze!
[He touches the statue of a girl’s bust on a rotating platform.] Does that mean the statue-- Yooo. Oh my gosh, the head, and the nose, and the ears. Are these pigtails?
[He puts on headphones connected to another display, starts the audio, and interacts with the physical signage.] Wait, what do these do? Louis XIV? You are a splendid statue.
[He begins touching another statue of a man on a horse. He is so excited he drops his bag and cane.] What is this? Oh, it’s a horse! Oh, this is what it was talking about.
Man: This is Louis on the horse.
Cameraperson: Feel his hair.
Man: Bro! Look at those curls.
[The man is touching some kind of stone display.] What is this?
[He is at another display, wearing the headphones for descriptive audio and interacting with the signage.] This is really cool because it describes everything, and then you get to touch it, and there’s so much Braille!
“Can you feel the wings on my back?”
[The man is touching a small cherub statue.] Yeah, I do feel the wings on your back.
[The man holds up the booklet, and energetically marches forward, going up stairs.] To the Mona Lisa!
[The camera cuts to the foot of a statue, and the man goes to touch it.]
Cameraperson: Feel this guy’s toes.
[The man is walking through the museum.] This place feels unreal.
[The man is holding up the booklet and touching the Mona Lisa page, standing back from a crowd viewing the painting.] Looks cool!
Man: Mona! Lisa! Mona! Lisa!
[Camera cuts to the cameraperson, a woman holding a young child.] See, it’s over there, girl.
[The man is walking through the museum, briefly showing the sign for a disabled access elevator, then boarding the elevator.] They’re putting us in this private elevator. I really love accessibility.
[Cut to him in the elevator, briefly looking up at the glass ceiling.] This is the coolest elevator I’ve ever been in. Feels like we’re in a hot air balloon. This is so Louvre-ly.
[The man stands on the top floor of the museum and flashes a peace sign.] That was one Louvre!
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