Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art will collaborate with local and regional partners to strengthen its Museum Memories program, designed to make the museum accessible and relevant to those with dementia and their care partners. The Museum Memories team will research, plan, and implement program elements to identify the challenges in working with this population as well as evaluate successes and communicate results. The museum will contract with teaching artists to deliver the art-making portion of the program; purchase necessary supplies; and expand marketing of the program, including website updates. The project will also help to support free lifetime memberships to the museum for patients with dementia and their care partners. Through dialogue, questioning methodologies, writing, guided tours, and art-making projects, participants will access the museum's collection in a uniquely customized manner.