Museum as Experience

Susan Shifrin, Ph.D., is the founding director of ARTZ Philadelphia. She is an art historian and arts accessibility advocate, has held curatorial and education posts at large and small museums in the United States, and has taught students in the arts and health professions for the past twenty-five years.

• Editor’s IntroductionPart I. Experiencing Education in the Museum1. Experience to Encounter: The Museum as Performative Space—Garreth Heidt2. Teaching and Learning in a University Art Museum: Experiential Education and Communal Spaces—Klare Scarborough and Miranda Clark-Binder3. Finding Empathy in Art: Healthcare Professionals and the Museum Experience—Florence GeloPart II. The Museum as Experiential Space4. Know Thyself: Identifying with the Museum of Science and Industry's YOU! The Experience—Megan Bayles5. Museum Constellations: How Dementia-Friendly Programs Build and Strengthen Relationships—Jessica Ruhle6. Awakening Our Sense of Touch—Patricia MaunderPart III. The Museum as a Site of Re-Experiencing7. “A Power in the Place”: Disrupting the Silence and Memorializing Legacy: An Interview with Bryan Stevenson8. The Iconization of a Monument: The MiQua in Cologne, Between Interpretation and Imagination—Thomas Otten9. A Labour of Love: (Re)birthing the Babies of South Australia’s Destitute Asylum—Corinne Ball and Nikki SullivanPart IV. Within (and Without) Museum Walls10. Both Ways: Growing Art and Community through Touch—Kristin Tollefson11. “The Arc of Promise”: Awakening the Heart Through Art—Hildy Tow12. Crafting Community, Connection, Compassion in a Pandemic—Nikki SullivanFurther ReadingIndex