The complete guide to slow looking in museums
When did you last spend more than 30 seconds looking at something in a museum? What if just three minutes could completely change what you see and feel?
This practice – called slow looking – has become the foundation of the most engaging museum discussions I’ve facilitated over the past decade. Here’s everything you need to know to start transforming your museum experiences today.
Source: https://thinkingmuseum.com/2025/06/25/the-complete-guide-to-slow-looking-in-museums/
Slow looking and social interaction in museums with Sasha Igdalova
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Claire Brown is talking to Sasha Igdalova about the exciting research she’s been conducting over the past few years around aesthetic experience, slow looking and social interaction in museums.
Aleksandra (Sasha) Igdalova is an interdisciplinary researcher in the final year of her Psychology PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London conducting large-scale, experimental studies on slow looking within exhibition spaces at Manchester Art Gallery.
Designing person-centred museum experiences for people living with dementia
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In this episode, Claire Bown is joined by Laurie Kilgour Walsh, Head of Programs and Learning at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, to explore what it takes to create meaningful, person-centred museum experiences with and for people living with dementia.