Moving beyond traditional roles as communicators of established knowledge, science museums are engaging more and more with difficult societal issues.
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Moving beyond traditional roles as communicators of established knowledge, science museums are engaging more and more with difficult societal issues.
Moving beyond traditional roles as communicators of established knowledge, science museums are engaging more and more with difficult societal issues.
Despite the pressing importance of responding to mental health globally and locally, science museums have rarely been connected to this topic.
I argue, however, that science museums are increasingly becoming emotional sites where difficult issues, including mental health, can be approached.
This affirmation is supported by research I conducted over the past 10 years in different countries, including Canada, Portugal, the United States and Finland.
Mental health is a key challenge of our times. Research from the World Health Organization shows how governments around the world have been responding to growing levels of loneliness, social isolation and mental distress.
In this scenario, social connection is increasingly recognized as a critical issue for public health and well-being.
My research examines a challenging transformation in how science museums understand their roles and purposes through initiatives with a mental health focus, as across the world, science museums begin to join conversations and develop work about this theme.
