cautious of a lot of chat around wellness and museums rn. yes, museums can be helpful for wellness, imo the biggest benefit they bring is that they can function as free community spaces, & also facilitate creativity & learning. this is great !

however i don't think we can talk about this without situating it in a wider conversation about the lack of funding of mental health services in the uk, lack of provision of public community spaces, & how austerity is making us all miserable

museums are beneficial to my wellness but u know what is even more beneficial........ a decent living wage & job security. & idk i feel weird about how depoliticised these conversations abt wellness can become when they enter museum spaces

obv these are big generalisations & this varies from org to org & there are some folk in the sector who are good for drawing attention to this, & even this thread is reductive but ! worth saying i think