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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Report: Positive trends in aging, but not for everyone

“While there are some encouraging trends in function for older Americans as a whole, there are also disparities in function that can be addressed with accommodations.” –John W. …

What I Learned in a Year of Writing “Museums and Creative Aging: A Healthful Partnership”

The creative aging movement is coming of age, and just in the nick of time. As of last year, 80 percent of state arts agencies across the United States reported a high or very high demand …

Museums and Creative Aging: A Healthful Partnership

This landmark report commissioned by the American Alliance of Museums and written by Marjorie Schwarzer is a call to action for museums to change the narrative about what it means to grow …

Seasons of Growth: Creative Aging on Display at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center

In October 2020, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, opened the gallery exhibition Art Links Sheboygan: Seasons of Growth, the culmination of a new program to …
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