Not many meetings are inspiring…that’s for sure. But today, I attended a gathering of the 5 museums in Wisconsin planning programs for families with dementia. 5 museums, normally in competition for funds and members, agreed on a common name, looked for economies of scale in trainings of staff on the basics of dementia, shared plans for developing a common flyer to describe all 5 programs, shaped plans for a common evaluation of their programs when they emerge from the planning stage into the implementation stage.
Wisconsinites will soon be the richer for the collaborative spirit of the John Michael Kohler Art Center, the Museum of Wisconsin Art, the Racine Art Museum, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and the Milwaukee Public Museum. What an amazing project!
