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Enhancing health and wellbeing

WebEnhancing our quality of life and improving our mental and physical health. Museums work in partnership with health and wellbeing organisations to support a range of people in …

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It’s time for museums to address mental health

WebIt’s time for museums to address mental health. The recent news that psychiatrists in Brussels are prescribing free museum visits indicates a growing …

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Focus New approaches to wellbeing

WebThe alliance launched its Creative Health Quality Framework in September, which aims to articulate what constitutes “good” for those working within the context of …

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Report explores health and wellbeing provision in museums

WebA new report that explores the development of health and wellbeing work in museums and offers a guide to good practice has been launched by the National …

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Health, wellbeing and collections

WebCrucially, the alliance is collaborating closely with the National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing to connect museums to the wider cultural sphere, including …

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Museums for wellbeing

WebThe Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance, which includes academic bodies, museums, associations and other organisations, was established in 2015 at the …

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Addressing mental health in museums

WebThere is a well-established link between mental health and the creative expression, with formal arts therapies used to achieve psychological change on their own …

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Museums can help people with mental ill-health

WebMental health continues to be widely contested, and can be challenging for museums to engage with. Institutions not based within a hospital environment must rely on developing …

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Visiting museums can boost your health

WebVisiting museums and other cultural venues can improve people’s health, according to a new report. The aim of the report, Cultural Attendance and Public Mental …

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Report Creatively Minded at the Museum

WebOur new report with the Baring Foundation features 16 museums who are taking the lead in this area. Targeted engagement by museums with people with mental health problems …

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Seize the chance to boost health and wellbeing

WebLocal health issues resonate at a national and global level, with factors such as an ageing population, modern lifestyles and persistent inequalities linked to social and …

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Guide Building successful wellbeing programmes

WebCulture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance Helen Chatterjee co-founder says: “The kind of outcomes that we see when people engage in arts, creativity nature and …

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In sickness and in health Thackray Museum of Medicine, Leeds

WebThe Thackray Museum of Medicine has its origins in a small family-run chemist shop, opened in 1902 by Charles Thackray, in Great George Street, Leeds. As I …

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Is online cultural content good for mental health and wellbeing

WebRebecca Atkinson @rebeccaa_ma. Share. The University of Oxford has launched a project exploring whether online cultural content has been beneficial to …

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Being Human, Wellcome Collection, London

WebBeing Human, the newly opened permanent exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, examines identity and health through a contemporary lens in a rapidly changing …

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Heritage Doncaster

WebCreative Health: Body Image Through Time is part of Heritage Doncaster’s History, Health and Happiness programme. It aimed to boost self-esteem, build confidence, and facilitate …

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The impact of museums

WebCAMPAIGNS Museums Change Lives. The impact of museums. Museums can increase our sense of wellbeing, help us feel proud of where we have come from, can inspire, …

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Q&A ‘Nursing is often described as both an art and a science’

WebThe science being the technical knowledge and skill, the “what” of nursing; the “art” part of nursing is then the attributes, communication skills, emotional intelligence …

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University of Edinburgh Museums

WebPrescribe Culture is the University of Edinburgh’s flagship heritage-based, non-clinical initiative supporting those with mental health and wellbeing challenges through cultural …

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Community wellbeing

WebCommunity wellbeing. The MA is a campaigning organisation with a long history of supporting everyone who works in and with museums. Our broad campaign areas focus …

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How can museums support staff wellbeing as sector reopens

WebAt the Museum Wellness Network we want people to feel that they are never alone. Your employer may have a crisis or assistance line you can use to talk to …

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Netherlands’ Museum of the Mind named European Museum of …

WebThe European Museum of the Year Award (Emya) 2022 has gone to the Museum of the Mind in the Netherlands. The museum has two sites, one in Haarlem and …

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