Effects of “Thursdays at the Museum” at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on the mental and physical health of older community dwellers: the art-health randomized clinical trial protocol by Olivier Beauchet, Liam Cooper-Brown, Yoko Hayashi, Kevin Galery, Christine Vilcocq, Thomas Bastien

“…Abstract Background Recently, we demonstrated that the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ (MMFA) participatory art-based activity, known as “Thursdays at the Museum,” improved the well-being, quality of life, and physical health (i.e., frailty) of older community dwellers by using a pre-post intervention, single arm, prospective and longitudinal experimental design. …”
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v a i is in vai by Léuli Eshrāghi

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3D MODELLING AND VIRTUAL REALITY FOR MUSEUM HERITAGE PRESENTATION: CONTEXTUALISATION OF SCULPTURE FROM THE TANG ERA by R. Spallone, F. Lamberti, L. Vigo, F. Ronco, D. Calandra, M. Ferraro

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Museum-based art activities to stay young at heart? Results of a randomized controlled trial by Margot Cami, Margot Cami, Océane Planta, Océane Planta, Jacqueline Matskiv, Alexandra Plonka, Auriane Gros, Olivier Beauchet, Olivier Beauchet, Olivier Beauchet

“…The aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to compare the changes in heart rate over a 3 month-period in older adults participating in art-based activities at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA, Quebec, Canada) and in their control counterparts.Methods/designParticipants (mean age 71.0 ± 5.1; 84.9% female) were a subset of older community dwellers recruited in a RCT in two parallel groups (n = 28 in the intervention group and n = 25 in the control group) who had their heart rate recorded. …”
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Benefits of a 3-month cycle of weekly virtual museum tours in community dwelling older adults: results of a randomized controlled trial by Beauchet, Olivier, Matskiv, Jacqueline, Galery, Kevin, Goossens, Linda, Lafontaine, Constance, Sawchuk, Kim

“…This study aims to examine whether a 3-month cycle of weekly virtual tours of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) may have improved feelings of social inclusion, wellbeing and quality of life, and reduced physical frailty in older adults living within the community of Montreal. …”
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Prefrontal engagement predicts the effect of museum visit on psychological well-being: an fNIRS exploration by Emma Gabrielle Dupuy, Emma Gabrielle Dupuy, Thomas Vincent, Catia Lecchino, Catia Lecchino, Annabelle Boisvert, Annabelle Boisvert, Laurence Trépanier, Laurence Trépanier, Sylvie Nadeau, Sylvie Nadeau, Elaine de Guise, Elaine de Guise, Louis Bherer, Louis Bherer, Louis Bherer

“…Nineteen adults aged between 65 and 79, toured a Baroque-style exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for approximately 20 minutes while equipped with a near-infrared spectroscopy system measuring the prefrontal cortex’s hemodynamic activity. …”
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