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Museums learning and wellbeing

Morse, N; Lackoi, K; Chatterjee, H; (2016) Museums learning and wellbeing. Journal of Education in Museums , 37 pp. 3-13. Green open access

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Abstract

In recent years there has been a considerable increase in programmes targeting the health and wellbeing of museum audiences, through outreach or public engagement programmes. Museum learning however is an area of museum practice that has tended not to be explicitly considered in terms of health and wellbeing outcomes. Yet learning is often highlighted in education research as an important aspect of wellbeing. In this paper we present the evidence of the wellbeing impacts of learning programmes and consider how this relates to learning in the museum. Our focus is restricted to adult learning as the health and wellbeing work of museums has focused primarily on this audience. We draw on findings from the National Alliance for Museums, Health & Wellbeing’s recent research report, Museums for Health and Wellbeing1 (Lackoi, Patsou and Chatterjee, 2016) to present a series of case studies of learning programmes with a health and wellbeing focus. In a final part, recommendations drawn from the Alliance’s report are presented for developing work in this particular area of museum practice.

Type: Article
Title: Museums learning and wellbeing
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://www.gem.org.uk/pubs/journal/jemcat.php
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1547306
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