Museum displays paintings for the blind
A blind person uses her hands to feel a copy of El Greco's "The gentleman with his hand on his chest" at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
'Hoy toca el Prado' (Touch The Prado) allows blind or vision-impaired visitors to explore copies of six masterworks with their hands.
The copies were created using a technique called Didu which provides texture and volume to the paintings.
Hoy toca el Prado
A blind person feels a copy of "The gentleman with his hand on his chest" by El Greco at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
A blind person feels a copy of "Apollo in the forge of Vulcan" by Diego Velazquez at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
A blind person feels a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
A blind person feels a copy of "The gentleman with his hand on his chest" by El Greco at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
A blind person feels a copy of "Don't touch me" (Noli me tangere) by Antonio da Correggio at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
A blind person passes from reading a text on braille to touching a copy of Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
A blind person feels a copy of Goya's "The Parasol" at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
A visitor feels a copy of "Still life with Artichokes, Flowers and Glass Vessels" by Juan Van Der Hamen at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
A blind person feels a copy of "Still life with Artichokes, Flowers and Glass Vessels" by Juan Van Der Hamen at The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
Visitors enter the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.
Hoy toca el Prado
Visitors line up to enter the Prado Museum during the museum's free admission hours in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 10, 2015.