Louis On Tour

Louis is hitting the road! National Braille Press's 20-panel traveling display, in print and braille, takes viewers through the highlights of Louis's life, the braille production process, and why braille remains important today.

The Louis Braille Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit is visiting cities across the country (see the tour schedule below).

"The Braille exhibit that we displayed during the final 3 weeks of our production of The Miracle Worker was a HUGE success - so many of our patrons stopped and read over the piece and it seemed that EVERY child touched it and started a conversation with their parents about it. Over the course of the 3 weeks, more than 5,000 people saw this display! Thank you so very much for sharing the Louis Braille exhibit - it was such a success with our audience; it enhanced the experience of the children and got people thinking about the resources for people with disabilities. And that is big part of our mission!"

- Charles Baldwin, Director of Marketing and Operations, Wheelock Family Theatre

"I just returned from the Traveling Louis Braille exhibit at the blind center.... It is terrific and I encourage people to go. It was wonderful to be able to read, in braille, about each of the 10 posters. There is also information about braille production. Please pass along the information that the exhibit is awesome!"

Tour Schedule

• Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston, MA
  April 24 - May 13, 2012


• Blind Rehab. Service, VA CT Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT
  May 7-21, 2012


Previous dates

• MIT Student Center, Cambridge MA
  Dec 1-11, 2008


• Massachusetts State House, Boston
  Jan 5-9, 2009
• MIT Student Center, Cambridge MA
  Dec 1-11, 2008


• Massachusetts State House, Boston
  Jan 5-9, 2009


• Barnes & Noble, Houston, TX
  Jan 21-28, 2009


• Montessori School, Miami, FL
  Feb 2-17, 2009


• San Francisco Public Library
  March 7-April 20, 2009
  *Includes an author talk with
  C. Michael Mellor, March 14


• Denver Public Library, Denver, CO
  March 2-April 10, 2009


• National Braille Association, Boston, MA
  Apr 24-25, 2009


• Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
  May 4-29, 2009


• Boston College/Vision 5K Run, Boston, MA
  June 7, 2009


• Louisiana State University
  June 18-July 12, 2009


• Hadley School for the Blind, Winnetka, IL
  June 29-July 31, 2009
  *Includes an author talk with
  C. Michael Mellor, July 13-14


• California Braille and Talking Book Library, Sacramento, CA
  September 1-25, 2009
  *Includes an author talk with
  C. Michael Mellor, Sept. 9th


• Talking Book & Braille Library, Albany, NY
  October 1-21, 2009


• Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA
  October 5-30, 2009