Healthy Aging with LASM

September 1st, 2021 - August 31st, 2024 | PROJECT

The Louisiana Art & Science Museum (LASM) will conduct a three-year program, “Healthy Aging with LASM,” which will serve senior adults in the 11-parish capital region. The museum will implement the program in partnership with the Capital Area Agency on Aging, the East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging, the Baton Rouge General Arts in Medicine Program, and Dr. Rebecca Bartlett. Senior adults have faced unprecedented levels of isolation, stress, and health risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum will present virtual and in-person art and science programming designed to combat isolation, foster meaningful connections, and promote healthy aging. Programming will include virtual field trips, distribution of arts and science virtual reality headsets, and a series of hands-on arts workshops.

Project Website(s)

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Team Members

Nita Mitchell, Principal Investigator, Louisiana Art and Science Museum

Funders

Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-249262-OMS-21
Funding Amount: $168,834

Tags

Audience: Museum | ISE Professionals | Seniors
Discipline: Art | music | theater | General STEM | Health and medicine
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Museum and Science Center Programs | Public Programs