Tactile Model, Mount Vernon
Tactile Model, Mount Vernon
- Description (Brief)
- Tactile architectural models such as this reproduction of George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon, were used to teach students who were blind or had low vision. This one was used at the Michigan School for the Blind and dates from the late 1930s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- late 1930s
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States: Michigan
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paint (outside material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27 in x 40 in x 21 in; 68.58 cm x 101.6 cm x 53.34 cm
- ID Number
- 2004.0222.05
- accession number
- 2004.0222
- catalog number
- 2004.0222.05
- Credit Line
- Gift of State of Michigan
- subject
- Blind
- Disabilities
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Disabilities
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
