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Understanding the Social Wellbeing Impact of the Nation’s Libraries and Museums

This IMLS report examines the role of museums and libraries in promoting social wellbeing in communities across the United States. #AudienceResearch #AudienceEvaluation #communitywellnessmodels

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Robust Research, Healthy Communities

In this Alliance Blog article, AAM's Carys Kunze discusses how presenters at the 2024 Annual Meeting connect the disciplines of research and evaluation to the Meeting's theme, “Thriving Museums, Healthy Communities". M eaningful research can be a powerful driver in every step of a museum’s...

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Levels of Healing-Individual, Interpersonal, Institutional, and Structural

This article looks at the "Levels of Healing" model, which identifies four "levels" at which healing and wellbeing can occur. #communitywellnessmodels #SocialImpactMuseums

Levels of Healing — National Equity Project.pdf

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Inclusion at the Heart of Well-Being

This article from AAM's Museum Magazine focuses on Conner Prairie, an AAM-accredited and Smithsonian Affiliate living history museum in Fishers, Indiana, and how their outreach programs for visitors on the autism spectrum has led to positive impacts on the wellbeing of the community. ...

Inclusion at the Heart of Well-Being – American Alliance of Museums.pdf

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Exploring Art Museum Education and Community Well-being

This article focuses on a program at the Montreal Museum of Fine art, Sharing the Museum, that focuses on bringing in non-traditional museum audiences and using art education practices to engage them and make them feel part of the larger museum community. #communitywellnessmodels ...

Exploring Art Museum Education and Community Well-being – American Alliance of Museums.pdf