Founder & HistoryDr. Andreas Heinecke was once a journalist in Germany. One day, he was asked to help retrain a colleague who had been blinded in a car accident. At first, Dr. Heinecke felt awkward. But he soon realised his trepidation came mostly from ignorance and his lack of contact with people who are "different". In 1988, the first Dialogue in the Dark (DiD) exhibition opened in Frankfurt. For over 10 years it was a travelling event. The first permanent museum was established in Hamburg in 2000. Dialogue in the Dark has now reached 30 countries and more than 150 cities across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Over 6 million visitors worldwide have experienced what it means to hear, smell, taste and touch things without being able to see them.
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