Poznań Heritage Centre undertakes to ensure the high accessibility of its website, under Act of 4 April 2019 on the digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public entities. This Declaration of Accessibility shall apply to the website of the Śluza Gallery.
Date of publication and revised versions
Launching date of the website: 2021-12-31
Date of last major update: 2022-12-28
Legal compliance status
The website partially complies with the Act of 4 April 2019 on the digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public entities due to non-compliance or exclusions listed below:
- no proper header structure of articles in some areas of the website,
- no defined “focus” attributes for some interactive elements makes it difficult to serve blind and visually impaired people.
- The website may contain PDF documents that can make it difficult to read using screen readers. We aim to minimize the use of such files. With the development of the site, we are posting more and more of their content directly on our website.
- some of the videos do not have subtitles for hear-impaired and deaf people
- perception, perception facilitation, functionality, comprehensibility, navigability, compatibility are unavailable or only partially available
- some pictures do not have alternative descriptions, descriptions are successively added
- this page requires javascript to work properly.
Declaration made on: 2022-03-22
Date of the last declaration review and update: 2024-03-28
Keyboard Shortcuts
The website has shortcuts that could conflict with auxiliary technologies (e.g. reading software), the system, or user applications.
Standard keyboard shortcuts can be used.
Contact
If you have any problems with accessing our website, feel free to contact us.
The contact person is Lucyna Kaczmarkiewicz, lucyna.kaczmarkiewicz[at] pcd.poznan.pl.
You can also contact us by calling 61 647 7627. Using the contact data above, you can also make requests for access to inaccessible information or make requests for data accessibility.
Everyone has the right to request the availability of the digital website, mobile application or some element thereof.
You can also request information to be shared via an alternative method of access, for example by reading a digitally inaccessible document, describing the contents of the video without audio description, etc. The request should include data of the person submitting the request, indication of the relative website or mobile application and contact data of the person filing the request. Where the requesting person declares the need to obtain information by means of an alternative means of access, he or she shall also specify the manner in which that information is to be presented to him or her in a manner which is convenient for him or her.
The public entity should fulfil the request immediately, no later than within 7 days from the date of submitting the request. If it is not possible to meet this deadline, the public entity shall immediately inform the requesting person when the request can be fulfilled, whereas, this period may not be longer than 2 months from the date of the request. Where it is not possible to ensure digital accessibility, the public entity may propose an alternative way of accessing information.
Where the public entity refuses to comply with the request for access or an alternative means of access to information, the requesting person may submit a complaint about the digital accessibility of the website or mobile application or an element of the website or the mobile application. Once the above procedure has been exhausted, a request may also be made to the Ombudsman.
Link to the Ombudsman’s website Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich
Architectural accessibility
Galeria Śluza is located in the historical area of the former Prussian fortifications. You can enter the Gallery from the side of the main hall of Porta Posnania. Then you walk over a glass footbridge suspended by the Cybina River. You can also enter it from Dziekańska Street on Ostrów Tumski. The glass door to Galeria Śluza is automatically sliding. There are no thresholds and the sidewalk leading to the entrance is even and smooth. In the Gallery tab, a file with an audio description of the building is available. There are bowls with water for pets. Assistance dogs can also enter the exhibition rooms. The exhibitions occupy 5 halls located on two levels: 0 and -1. On level -1, you can only take the stairs down. We can also provide support in carrying a disabled person down. We are committed to making this space available to all visitors. Before entering the rooms at level 0, on the sides of the smooth pavement, there is a pavement made of uneven stones. The rooms of Galeria Śluza are finished with semi-circular vaults, and the thick walls are made of bricks. On level 0, the windows are often shadowed for the needs of exhibitions. On level -1, there is only artificial, directional light (no daylight). Around Galeria Śluza, there are TOTUpoint tags. They are located in two places: on the light post from Dziekańska Street and at the entrance to the glass footbridge from the main hall of Porta Posnania.
Additional information
You can find more information about accessibility in the Accessible Gallery tab.