Louis On Tour

Throughout 2009, we are taking Louis on the road! National Braille Press has produced a 20-panel traveling display, in print and braille, that takes a viewer through the highlights of Louis's life, the braille production process, and why braille remains important today.

The Louis Braille Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit is booked in cities across the country, starting December 2008 (see the tour schedule below).

Preview the Traveling Exhibit!
View 10 panels from the exhibit
Text-only Version


Tour Schedule

• Washington Talking Book and Braille Library
  Seattle, WA
  March 1-29, 2010


• Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services
  Daytona Beach, FL
  January 4-29, 2010


• Baruch College/CUNY
  New York, NY
  November 23 - December 23, 2009
  *Includes an author talk with
  C. Michael Mellor, Dec. 3rd.


• Blind and Physically Handicapped Library Services
  Mississippi Library Commission, Jackson, MS
  November 13 - December 13, 2009


• Getting In Touch With Literacy Conference
  Hilton Orange County, Costa Mesa, CA
  November 11-15, 2009


• Braille Institute of America, Los ANgeles, CA
  October 30 - November 6, 2009


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


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


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


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


• Louisiana State University
  June 18-July 12, 2009


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

Top: Two visitors view the Louis Braille Bicentennial traveling exhibit.
Bottom: A visually impaired visitor reads the brailled version of the exhibit.

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