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The Best Museum Bathrooms, According to Museum People

By Joseph O'Neill

When you think of all the memorable, thoughtfully designed spaces in museums, the bathrooms may not be the first thing that come to mind. They aren’t usually considered the feather in an architect’s cap, and they can often feel more like a …
Seasons of Growth: Creative Aging on Display at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center

By Claire Carlson

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 promote creative aging. The program, Art Links …
A Local Chairmaking Tradition Inspires Older Adults at John Michael Kohler Arts Center

By Claire Carlson

In 2018, twenty organizations enrolled in a special museum cohort of Aroha Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts program. With funding from Aroha, and training provided by Lifetime Arts, these museums are developing high-quality, intensive …
How Creative Aging Programs Are Carrying on through COVID-19

By Joseph O'Neill

Older adults are a population especially vulnerable to contracting severe cases of COVID-19, and are therefore advised to take special precautions to avoid infection. This may intensify the isolation they experience during the pandemic, …

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