The aim of the article is to describe how people with visual disabilities function in public space and to examine the potential of the educational exhibition "Towards Darkness" in the process of educating future architects. The base of the study was the previously gathered knowledge and analysis of the researchers. During the analysis, special attention was paid to diseases of the sense of sight that affect the perception of architecture. Moreover, author also analyzed prob-lems related to architectural barriers. The article also contains an analysis of the forms of expanding knowledge about blind people. The rest of the considerations in the article is focused on the exhibition "Towards Darkness" located in the Science and Senses Center "WOMAI". It is a place whose main goal is to present the problems of people with visual disabilities. The exhibition is located in a completely dark room where, with the help of a blind guide, visitors can learn about the world of blind people and understand their everyday problems. In order to obtain answers to the selected topic, author of the study chose a focus study as a research method. The aim of the study was to obtain experts' opinions on the "Towards Darkness" exhibition. During the study, experts answered the questions and then took part in a discussion that allowed to draw the necessary conclusions. The research results indicate that the "Towards Darkness" exhibition has a very high educational value and would successfully enrich the education program of architec-ture students.