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The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) said that it had been using what it referred to as an ‘unusually quiet time’ to make...
COVID-19 has changed the way that we use our outside spaces. Through the course of the pandemic, getting outside has been an opportunity for exercise,...
Dementia has an impact on many people worldwide. 47.5 million people globally are living with some form of the condition. In the United States, there...
Educating the population about health issues is an important part of keeping people healthy and well. Health education encompasses physical, mental, social and emotional health....
Mindfulness is a bit of a buzzword recently. This is because there are many studies that say it has a positive impact on health and...
Could it be that the benefits of the museum space go far beyond education? Museums have always been upheld as hubs of knowledge and culture;...
The international museum day theme of “Museums for equality: Diversity and Inclusion” calls on museums to open doors for diverse audience. However, Researchers in the...
Museum trips and visits to art galleries are often thought of as good for the soul – a means of satisfying our curiosity about the...
There are many museums working hard to make Autistic people feel welcome. Autism is a condition which affects how a person experiences the world around...
There may be a few souls out there who still believe that academics, librarians and museum professionals live cloistered lives away from the hurly-burly of...
Limited access to an Olafur Eliasson art installation in Tate Modern has provoked an angry response from Irish Sunday Independent writer Ciara O’Connor. While visiting...
Mental health issues will affect one in four people worldwide, at some point in their lives. People all over the world are living with conditions...
In 2012 I had a different career and a different life. My daughter was diagnosed on the autism spectrum and I quit my job to...
Cancer has a major impact on society in the United States and across the world. Most people know someone whose life has been affected in...
Death happens to us all. And yet, adjusting to a terminal diagnosis or the death of a loved one can seem like an impossible task....
Worldwide, the general population is getting older. In EU countries, for example, 19.2 per cent of the population was over the age of 65 in...
The issue of loneliness has been making headlines in recent years. More and more people are feeling isolated and alone. In fact, a recent study...
A visit to a museum can be challenging for a person with autism. People on the spectrum interact with the world in a different way....
Play is something we associate naturally with kids. We forget how to play as we get older; so, being given permission to play is highly...
Sarah Jesse, Associate Vice President of Education at Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Barbara Kreski, Director, Horticultural Therapy Services, Chicago Botanic Garden spoke...
Francesca Rosenberg, Director of Community, Access and School Programs at The Museum of Modern Art, New York spoke at MuseumNext Dublin in April 2016 about the...
