This series of podcasts has grown out of Creatively Minded at the Museum, a report by The Baring Foundation, an independent funder with a focus on arts and mental health.

At the heart of the report are 16 case studies from museums who are working with people with mental health problems in a targeted way.

These podcasts are a chance to hear curators and learning and engagement staff who have designed and run these programmes talk about their work in their own words.

While museums have a strong commitment to contributing to health and wellbeing in general, targeted work on mental health is still relatively rare. Yet hugely valuable. We hope that both the report and these podcasts encourage more museums in the UK (and elsewhere!) to take up the challenge and develop better access and more opportunities for people living with mental health problems.