Contents

pp v-vi

List of Illustrations

pp vii-x

Editor’s Introduction

pp xi-xvi

Part One: - Experiencing Education in the Museum

pp xvii-xviii

1 - Experience to Encounter: The Museum as Performative Space

pp 1-16

2 - Teaching and Learning in a University Art Museum: Experiential Education and Communal Spaces

pp 17-28

3 - Finding Empathy in Art: Healthcare Professionals and The Museum Experience

pp 29-40

Part Two: - The Museum as Experiential Space

pp 41-42

4 - Know Thyself: Identifying with the Museum of Science and Industry’s You! The Experience

pp 43-54

5 - Museum Constellations: How Dementia-Friendly Programs Build and Strengthen Relationships

pp 55-64

6 - Awakening Our Sense of Touch

pp 65-76

Part Three: - The Museum as a Site of Re-Experiencing

pp 77-78

7 - “A Power in The Place”: Disrupting The Silence and Memorializing Legacy

pp 79-90

8 - The Iconization of a Monument: The Miqua in Cologne, Between Interpretation and Imagination

pp 91-102

9 - A Labour of Love: (Re)Birthing The Babies of South Australia’s Destitute Asylum

pp 103-118

Part Four: - Within (and Without) Museum Walls

pp 119-120

10 - Both Ways: Growing Art and Community Through Touch

pp 121-132

11 - “The Arc of Promise”: Awakening The Heart Through Art

pp 133-144

12 - Crafting Community, Connection, Compassion in a Pandemic

pp 145-158

Further Reading

pp 159-162

Index

pp 163-165