A Second Report from the National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing has been published prior to the Alliance’s merger with the National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing to form the new Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
Duncan Selbie, Chief Executive, Public Health England says in the foreword:’There is real potential for museums, which have a purpose to help us learn and to share knowledge, to play a long-term role in supporting a healthier population.
The heritage sector is a valuable asset to communities across England and can be a powerful force to enable more of us to live longer in good health.
Museums and heritage venues bring people together at the heart of their communities, which helps both their physical and mental health at every stage of their life. As seen with the projects highlighted in this report, museums also have an important role to play in tackling health inequalities’.