CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN THE ACCESSIBILITY OF CULTURAL FACILITIES, BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF BARCELONA

Cultural facilities play an important role in urban social life. It is a meeting place between culture and the participants in urban life, understood today as a place for discussion, exchange of ideas. To allow these processes to take place, it is necessary to ensure accessibility in all areas. The aim of this article is to analyse exemplary directions of activities in cultural venues in Barcelona as a city implementing accessibility in the broadest sense, including supporting activities in venues such as theatres and museums, for example. Based on the results of the research, an attempt was made to develop an accessibility model capturing spatial, technological, organisational and communication and information activities. The research involved a literature review and site visits to four cultural venues in Barcelona.