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List members may be interested in this new book, currently available with over 15% savings. Full details may be found at: www.museumsetc.com/products/the-caring-museum "Ageing is a part of our individual and demographic future. Museums can help us imagine new ideas about ageing and new ways of caring." In this important new book, leading museum and gallery professionals in the UK, USA, Europe and Australasia share their experience and provide insights on how to respond to the changes which population ageing brings. This is NOT a passive collection of positive stories but one which recognizes the ups and downs of making the effort to engage with older people. Ageing is often depicted as being all about decline – mental, physical, personal, institutional and social – with little or nothing beneficial in the equation. Yet the reality is much more positive, complex, and nuanced. Museums and galleries have long understood that older age does not automatically negate our capacity for creativity, engagement and contribution. This substantial new 450-page book, with over 60 colour illustrations, includes the following chapters: Preface Dr Peter J Whitehouse, Professor of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland and Professor of Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto Introduction Hamish Robertson 1. PARTICIPATION Working with Older Women Without Families Eszter Biro, Petofi Museum of Literature, Budapest Involving Seniors at The Cleveland Museum of Art: Multiple Perspectives Dale Hilton, Director of Teaching and Learning with Karen Levinsky, Trina Prufer & LeAnne Stuver, Cleveland Museum of Art Artifact Stories: Making Memories Matter Elizabeth Sharpe, Public Historian and Museum Educator & Marla Miller, Director, Public History Program, UMass Amherst Museums, Memories and Well-Being: How Reminiscence Activities Benefit the Museum and the Community Helen Fountain, Reminiscence Officer, Museum of Oxford 2. VOLUNTEERING Perceptions of Our Museum: Older Adult Experience as Volunteers Ann Rowson Love, Assistant Professor of Museum Education and Exhibitions, Florida State University & Maureen Thomas-Zaremba, Curator of Education, Ringling Museum Changing Rooms: The Volunteer Contribution at Montacute House Sonja Power, House and Collections Manager, National Trust (South Somerset) A Blind Date with Sculptures: Older People as Contributors in Art Programs Sybille Kastner, Deputy Director of Art Education, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg Material Culture and Memories: Industrial Heritage Volunteer Projects Fiona Kinsey, Senior Curator of Image Collections & Liza Dale-Hallett, Senior Curator Sustainable Futures, Museum Victoria, Australia 3. CARING The Museum as a Site of Caring and Regeneration for People Living with Dementia Susan Shifrin, Founding Director, ARTZ Philadelphia Engaging with Art, Engaging with People Ronna Tulgan Ostheimer, Director of Adult, School and Community Programs with Sharon Lazerson, Peter Mehlin and Lydia Littlefield, Clark Art Institute, MA Intergenerational Teaching and Learning in the Museum Jessica Sack, Senior Associate Curator of Public Education, Yale University Art Gallery Self-Caring in Later Life Tine Fristrup, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark 4. STRATEGY Museums and Social Prescribing: Policy Impact on Community Referral in the UK Helen Chatterjee, Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences & Linda Thomson, Senior Research Associate, UCL Public and Cultural Engagement, University College London Momentum: Developing Age-Friendly Manchester, Age-Friendly Culture and Age-Friendly Museums Esme Ward, Head of Learning and Engagement, Manchester Museum and The Whitworth & Andrea Winn, Curator of Community Exhibitions, Manchester Museum, University of Manchester The CACE Framework: A Strategy for Art Museums to Thrive and Sustain in an Ageing World Ta-Sitthiporn Thongnopnua, Florida State University The Political Value of Museums in Dementia Care Kerry Wilson, Head of Research, Institute of Cultural Capital, University of Liverpool & Liverpool John Moores University CONCLUSION Museums and Ageing – The Challenge Ahead Hamish Robertson If you're involved in any way with museum visitation, outreach, marketing or policy you'll want to explore this timely and enjoyable book. Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc _______________________________________________________ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 _______________________________________________________ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +