Creating Connections: Merging Lifelong Learning and Music Therapy
The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona, celebrates music and world cultures through a multisensory experience—where guests can “travel” the globe through the sights and sounds of MIM’s geographically organized exhibits. As …
Creative Aging Discussion Guide
This Discussion Guide is designed to prompt museum administrators, boards, and practitioners to explore and learn from the innovative creative aging programs featured in this issue. Use the guide to host a conversation with colleagues in …
Point of View: Why Creative Aging? It’s more than personal—it’s societal.
I began thinking about becoming “old” in my mid-40s when I was a caregiver for my energetic, intelligent, and creative aunt. Over the course of 10 years, while I was working in the K–12 arts education arena and raising a family, I moved …
Point of View: The Tao of Creative Aging
Museums that offer creative aging programs can help their communities embrace happiness and combat ageism, creating a better quality of life fo…
Teaching Traditions
The Louisiana State Museum engaged community culture bearers to lead classes in printmaking, drumming, and beading for ol…
From the President and CEO: Join the Creative Aging Movement
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Thanks to science and medical advances, humans are living longer than ever before and contributing in many new ways …
Continuing to Grow
A nature journaling class at Naples Botanical Garden connects older adults to the institution, the natural world, and …
The Queer Perspective
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. An intergenerational LGBTQIA+ arts program at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson is setting a gold standard. “Stay …
Essential Programming
The Anchorage Museum’s “Vital & Creative” programs helped older adults engage in creative pursuits both in-person …
Crowdsourced Resources on Museums & Creative Aging
IMHO, the best thing about webinars—a feature not replicated by live events—is the chat room. Chat offers the thrill of passing notes in class, but with the explicit validation of the teacher. Last month’s virtual Summit on Museums and …
