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Museums

American School for the Deaf (ASD) Museum

Country: United States of America
Description: The oldest permanent school for the Deaf in the USA, at Hartford, Connecticut.

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Deaf Education Museum of the Netherlands

Country: Netherlands
Description: This deaf education museum in the Netherlands is housed in a historical building that once was a deaf school. Only a virtual tour is available on their website.

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Deaf History Museum at VSDB

Country: United States of America
Description: Founded by the Virginia Association of the Deaf and focuses on Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (VSDB).

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Døvehistorisk museum i Bergen Døvesenter

Country: Norway
Description: Deaf history museum at the Deaf Centre in Bergen.

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The Finnish Museum of the Deaf

Country: Finland
Description: National Deaf history museum for Finland.

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Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind Museum 

Country: United States of America
Description: Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) Museum in Alumni Hall (History, Archive, and Alumni). Museum is at St. Augustine, Florida. 

Contact person: B.P. Murphy, FSDB Historian, at murphyb@fsdbk12.org  

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Indiana Deaf History Museum 

Country: United States of America
Description: The Indiana Deaf History Museum is located on the first floor of Alumni Hall on the campus of the Indiana School for the Deaf.

Facebook site: Indiana Deaf History Museum [click here]
Ko Taku Reo Virtual Museum

Country: New Zealand
Description: In 2020, the Van Asch (Christchurch) and Kelston (Auckland) Deaf Education Centers (Deaf schools) merged into Ko Taku Reo, the new national Deaf education organization. The weblink shows both schools' Deaf history rooms in a virtual museum.

Weblink [click here]
The Kenneth Brasel Museum 

Country: United States of America
Description: Located at the New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe.

Weblink [click here]
Musée d'Histoire et de Culture des Sourds 

Country: France
Description: This museum, at Louhans, France, offers multi-layered coverage of the history of Deaf culture, the Deaf community, and sign language, with a special focus on Ferdinand Berthier, 19th century Deaf rights and Signed Language rights pioneer.

Weblink [click here]
Musée-Patrimoine des Sourds de Rouen et de Normandie 

Country: France
Description: Housed in Rouen, France, at the Association des Sourds de la Métropole Rouen-Normandie (ASMRN), this museum preserves the Deaf history of Rouen and Normandy with a special focus on Louis Capon, early French Deaf teacher, school director and Deaf community leader, and Georges Bellais, Deaf community leader.

Museum PDF [click here]
National Deaf Life Museum 

Country: United States of America
Description: Located in Washington, D.C., at Gallaudet University, featuring the history, culture, and language of the Deaf community.

Contact: museum@gallaudet.edu

Weblink [click here]
Texas School for the Deaf Museum

Country: United States of America
Description: At Austin, Texas, the museum in the Heritage Center is housed in the oldest campus building.

Contact: heritage.center@tsd.state.tx.us
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