More Inspired, Less Anxious: Well‐Being Impacts of a Self‐Directed Art Museum Visit

J. Luke, Jessica; Lee Chesnut, Kami; Gingery, Ash; Guan, Yanyue; Miao, Shizheng; Shields, Emily; Terry, Lucas; Velandia‐Pirazan, Marcela; Bramblett, Allison; Jamie; Lam, Wai Wilson, Fontana,; Fry, Makayla; Johnson, McKenna; Krause, Erika; Krieger, Lauren; Lam, Wilson; Lees, Mariel; Salgado Smith, Marley; Yorioka, Polly; Zamudio, Michael

doi:10.1111/cura.70042

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More Inspired, Less Anxious: Well‐Being Impacts of a Self‐Directed Art Museum Visit

Published in Curator The Museum Journal • May 14, 2026

Authors:

Jessica J. Luke

Kami Lee Chesnut

Ash Gingery

Abstract

ABSTRACT Increasingly, art museums are seen as places that can support human flourishing. We describe a quasi‐experimental investigation of the impacts of a self‐directed art museum visit on adults' subjective well‐being. Data were collected from 363 adults at three art museums in Seattle, WA. Parti...

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Interview

Feeling

Visual arts

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