Worth the read…An uplifting quote from Eric Crosby, Henry J. Heinz II Director of Carnegie Museum of Art and vice president of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. “What if a museum…”

Thank you, Eric Crosby, for your insightful message on how to make museum spaces welcoming to all in their communities. I believe it must be shared out.

“What if a museum stopped assuming its older patrons cared only about benches in galleries and art history lectures? What if it started responding to our society’s alarming statistics about depression and loneliness among the elderly with a weekly array of drop-in activities that leverage the museum’s abundant capacity to foster human connection through art? Might friendships be forged, lovers meet, minds expand, and bodies be refreshed?”