The Art of Psychology in Museums

The study we did on ourselves as students helped us understand the social impact and mental health that museums have on different individuals. Museums can decompose feelings that may be hard to release somewhere else—going to museums; we recorded how we three felt before and after attending, then exchanged how we each felt with other group members, then took a survey or did a brief group interview. We anticipate that these findings will indicate that going to a museum will periodically decrease social isolation and better help students' mental health.