Free Memory Museum part of dementia outreach project at Haslemere

As part of Haslemere Musem's innovative dementia project, the museum will now be hosting friendly, free one-hour sessions for people affected by dementia and their carers.
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The Memory Museum sessions offer a very relaxed setting and will be held in an accessible yet quiet space at the museum.

The museum’s collections have a rich array of artefacts and images that can be handled and viewed as a stimulus to memory, recollection or engagement. During the hour-long sessions, objects both familiar and more mysterious, will be passed round for visitors to handle and talk about, or merely engage with depending on each individual’s interest or ability.

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Kay Topping, education officer, said: “Our outreach reminiscence sessions have proved very successful in day-care settings and we are absolutely delighted to be making them available to people who are cared for at home. There has been a great response to our multi-sensory approach and we very much look forward to hearing participants’ thoughts about the collections, and maybe sharing their own stories through objects and images.”

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The museum welcomes people with a wide range of diagnoses and stages of dementia. The Memory Museum sessions will run on Thursday, October 25, and Thursday, December 20, from 11am-12noon. Places are limited, so booking is essential. For more information, visit www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk.