Building Memories

An innovative project by the Carrara Academy in collaboration with ASST Bergamo Est and FERB Fondazione Europea Ricerca Biomedica Onlus, which takes shape in the museum-hospital relationship, becoming part of the offer of paths that see art as a cure, relief and well-being. Custodire Memorie represents an experimental therapy that responds to non-pharmacological needs, approaches and methods, for which the Gazzaniga Alzheimer Centre of Excellence is known and appreciated. Some paintings from the museum, in the form of reproductions, enter the rooms of the Centre in Gazzaniga together with sensory elements specially chosen by the working group, made up of museum educators and health workers. With the help of a therapist, the patient browses through a large album of works and is invited to choose one through which to stimulate memory and emotions. The works become silent carriers of experiences, help feelings to flow and patients to find themselves.