The Museum as Experience

Editor's Introduction Part I. Experiencing Education in the Museum 1. Experience to Encounter: The Museum as Performative Space-Garreth Heidt 2. Teaching and Learning in a University Art Museum: Experiential Education and Communal Spaces-Klare Scarborough and Miranda Clark-Binder 3. Finding Empathy in Art: Healthcare Professionals and the Museum Experience-Florence Gelo Part II. The Museum as Experiential Space 4. Know Thyself: Identifying with the Museum of Science and Industry's YOU! The Experience-Megan Bayles 5. Museum Constellations: How Dementia-Friendly Programs Build and Strengthen Relationships-Jessica Ruhle 6. Awakening Our Sense of Touch-Patricia Maunder Part III. The Museum as a Site of Re-Experiencing 7. "A Power in the Place": Disrupting the Silence and Memorializing Legacy: An Interview with Bryan Stevenson 8. The Iconization of a Monument: The MiQua in Cologne, Between Interpretation and Imagination-Thomas Otten 9. A Labour of Love: (Re)birthing the Babies of South Australia's Destitute Asylum-Corinne Ball and Nikki Sullivan Part IV. Within (and Without) Museum Walls 10. Both Ways: Growing Art and Community through Touch-Kristin Tollefson 11. "The Arc of Promise": Awakening the Heart Through Art-Hildy Tow 12. Crafting Community, Connection, Compassion in a Pandemic-Nikki Sullivan Further Reading Index