museums take care unexpected architecture of wellbeing - ed.1

DIPARTIMENTO DI ARCHITETTURA, INGEGNERIA DELLE COSTRUZIONI E AMBIENTE COSTRUITO

Introduction Marco Borsotti, Politecnico di Milano Talk 1/Museums and Wellbeing Prof. Enzo Grossi Bracco Foundation, Milan Talk 2/The welcoming museum as a place to recharge one’s batteries and rediscover oneself. From the ‘restorative effect’ to the mindful design of the museum experience Dr Emma Sedini Head of the Art and Museum Agreements Office, Culture Department – City of Milan Discussant Q&A Pilar M. Guerrieri Politecnico di Milano Fabio Mosca University of Milan, Full Professor of Paediatrics and the Rector’s delegate for Urban Health issues

Museums look after us. They are no longer merely places for preserving, protecting, and promoting the value of their collections, but active hubs within their local social fabric. They are places capable of welcoming, stimulating, entertaining, and captivating: in short, catalysts for cultural wellbeing. The OSM itself has recognised the therapeutic value of the arts for years now, and museums are integrated into these public social infrastructures active in the prevention and improvement of quality of life. Welcoming places where new practices aimed at community and cognitive wellbeing can be developed, in a variety of unexpected ways, from ‘museum prescriptions’ to participatory practices.

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