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Illuminart Museum

Project title

Illuminart Museum

Description of initiative

Illuminart Museum is the first virtual museum for patients in hospitals, a project done by Art dans la Cité and presented for the first time on October 2019, to the project partners and enthusiastic health facility managers. This multi-cultural venue open to the world, allows patients to discover works of art from all over the world in their hospital rooms, and have access to a multidisciplinary and international artistic and cultural program. Depending on the audience, the programming will be able to be adapted, for exhibitions dedicated to children with fun contents, including audio, videos, books, musical instruments. Different spaces are already proposed within the museum: a central patio with trees reminiscent of nature, huge exhibition bright rooms, a library where you can go to read and relax, a music room. Through this initiative, it was highlighted the collaboration between the artistic and medical sectors, for well-being at the hospital.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Quality of spaces and built environments

Keywords

hospital museum, virtual reality, well-being, culture

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Film, video | Multimedia, new media, digital | Music | Other | Visual arts

Timeframe

2019 - present

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

A photo gallery is available of the virtual museum, also some more detailed videos.
Also, this project has been included in the book Purpose-built Art in Hospitals: Art with Intent by Judy Rollins, where together with other initiatives it is highlighting the importance that art has on the health outcomes for patients: reducing anxiety, increasing well-being, self-esteem and others.

Organizer(s)

Art dans la Cité
France
NGO / Non-profit | Other