Can science museums help us talk about mental health?

By Ana Maria Navas Iannini, Assistant Professor, Science Education, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University

Moving beyond traditional roles as communicators of established knowledge, science museums are engaging more and more with difficult societal issues.

Despite the pressing importance of responding to mental health globally and locally, science museums are have rarely been connected to this topic. I argue, however, that science museums are increasingly becoming emotional sites where difficult issues, including mental health, can be approached.

This affirmation is supported by research I conducted over the…

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