Museum Objects, Health and Healing: The Relationship between Exhibitions and Wellness

Contents

• Introduction
• Part I Our Primal Dialogue with Objects
• 1. Ordinary Portents
• 2. Object Scholars and the Literature
• 3. The Power of Objects
• Part II The Theory of Psychotherapeutic Object Dynamics
• 4. Origin of the Theory: Brenda Cowan
• 5. The Theory and Framework
• Part III Therapeutic Object Practices in Clinical and Educational Settings
• 6. The Wilderness Within: Jason McKeown
• 7. Creativity and the True Teacher: Ross Laird
• Part IV Health and Healing in the Museum Setting
• 8. Seeing Through a New Lens: the Empirical Research
• 9. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum
• 10. The War Childhood Museum
• 11. The Derby Museum and Art Gallery
• 12. The Museum @ FIT
• Part V Implications for Museums
• 13. The Museum-Wellness Connection
• 14. Working with Trauma, Grief, and Related Challenges