Health and wellbeing
Science Museum pays tribute to cancer activist Deborah James
James, who died this week, was a key adviser on the Cancer Revolution exhibition
House of Memories launches dementia app for Yemeni community
Memories of Yemen app features music and pictures of Yemeni artefacts
Healing power
Medical museums are putting patient experiences at the heart of collections as they develop new ways to treat emotive subjects, writes Juliana Gilling
Standing up to cancer
How the Francis Crick Institute gave its Outwitting Cancer exhibition the personal treatment
History can connect isolated people and make them feel good about themselves
Museum collections boost community engagement, says Victoria Ryves
Sheffield Museums creates pop-up museums at children’s hospital
Vintage toys from collection put on display for patients
National Museums Liverpool to deliver House of Memories dementia scheme in Wales
Bilingual programme will enable people living with dementia to engage with museum collections
How the arts can help support addiction recovery
Joanne Mills shares a collaborative project in Stoke-on-Trent
York Museums Trust to close for a week in support of staff wellbeing
Trust will shut down in early January ‘to give all staff a chance to switch off completely’
Books | The healing power of art
The increasing importance of art therapy in museums finally gets the serious treatment it deserves
