Connected for Life: Object-based Digital Programming to Foster Active Minds for Senior Living Communities, serves older adults and senior living communities (SLC) in Iowa, populations especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and underserved in outreach and engagement programs. We hope to increase participants’ sense of connection, engagement, and well-being, and decrease feelings of isolation through live virtual programs. This website also offers a catalog of multimedia visuals, organized by program theme, for all website visitors to enjoy.

Virtual programming is coordinated and delivered by four world-class museum and library units at the University of Iowa (UI): Stanley Museum of Art, Office of the State Archaeologist, Pentacrest Museums, and UI Libraries. Our programs will explore objects in our collections focused on art, archaeology, natural history, and historical archives.

Please email ui-connectedforlife@uiowa.edu to learn more about this program!

The Connected for Life project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.