Tuomas UusheimoEntrance, elevators and stairs
Bio Rex’s entrance is the same as the museum’s main entrance. It is located on the Mannerheimintie side. The doors are heavy and do not open automatically. The door also has a small threshold which is about 2.5 cm high.
An accessible entrance is situated on the Lasipalatsi (Glass Palace) Square side. The accessible entrance’s double doors open automatically when the open button is pushed.
Bio Rex, located on the second floor of the Lasipalatsi, is reached by gently sloping, wide but long staircase. You can find the stairs in the museum ticket hall by the main entrance of Amos Rex. The staircase has handrails in the middle and on the sides.
Bio Rex can be reached with an accessible elevator from the museum lobby, next to the museum shop. After the elevator, there are double doors on the left that are difficult to open. The door also has a small threshold, about 2 cm high. When one of the doors is open, the width of the door opening is about 77 cm. When both doors are open, the width is about 158 cm.
Tuomas UusheimoLobby areas, toilets and terrace
Bio Rex’s lobby has several soft benches and high tables. Some of the benches have backrests.
The only access to Bio Rex’s balcony and boxes in the main hall is via a spiral staircase.
The toilets adjacent to Bio Rex’s foyers are not accessible. There is an accessible toilet on the Lasipalatsi restaurant side of the Bio Rex floor. This toilet is not accessible from the cinema or foyers, because there are doors in between that do not open automatically. It may not always be possible to reach this accessible toilet. When the museum is open, the accessible toilets on the exhibition level (-1) are available to Bio Rex customers.
The door leading out to the Bio Rex terrace has a 6.5-cm threshold. The terrace door is not automatic. The terrace also has a narrow, fixed ramp, which does not however guarantee full accessibility. Leading to the ramp from the terrace door is a passageway that is 96 cm wide. The ramp is 89 cm wide and 220 cm long.
Henry Moore’s sculpture Moon Head is on display in the Bio Rex lobby. When standing, the work is at about eye level, and if seated a bit higher. Access to the sculpture is via the Bio Rex stairs or the accessible lifts, described above.
Tuomas UusheimoBio Rex auditorium
Bio Rex’s hall has an ascending, terraced auditorium. There are wide, gently rising, low steps on the sides of the auditorium. There is a handrail on the stairs. The auditorium seats are upholstered and have armrests. They are traditional cinema seats, in which the seat part must be folded down.
There is access to the stage of the Bio Rex’ cinema from the doors on the side of Lasipalatsi Square/Mauno Koivisto Square. The doors are not automatic and have small thresholds of 3.5 cm and 3 cm high. A few steps lead to the stage, which can be covered by a ramp. The construction of the ramp must be agreed separately.
Accessible space for wheelchairs is located on row 9, where the hall’s seats are removable and arrangeable. Please contact the event organizer before hand, and we can then ensure everything is ready and set for your visit.
The first door leading into the hall has a small 3-cm threshold, but otherwise access to the hall is unobstructed.