DHI
Museums
North America
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 History Museum at Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind
Country: United States of America
Description: Founded by the Virginia Association of the Deaf
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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 School for the Deaf
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
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The Kenneth Brasel Museum
Country: United States of America
Description: Located at the New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe
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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
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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
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Contact: heritage.center@tsd.state.tx.us
Europe
Brother Leothard Deaf Museum
Country: Belgium
Description: This museum contains archives of deaf schools and Deaf associations
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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
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Døvehistorisk museum i Bergen Døvesenter
The Finnish Museum of the Deaf
Country: Finland
Description: National museum on the history of the Deaf in Finland, located in Helsinki
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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
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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
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Russian Museum of Deaf Education
Country: Russia
Description: Website of the "School Museum of History of Russian Deaf-and-Dumb Pedagogy" in Russia
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Oceania
Kelston Deaf Education Centre
Country: New Zealand
Description: This school has a Museum Room that shows how students lived in the school from the 1960s
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