Montreal Museum for Fine Arts

A one-year pilot program started in 2018 in Montreal, through which the doctors recommended an unusual treatment—a prescription to visit the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, by offering patients and their caregivers or family members free admission to the museum. Any doctor who was a member of the Médecins francophones du Canada could participated in the program, writing up to 50 museum prescriptions per year, each one good for two adults and up to two children.
The program was an extension of the MMFA’s existing work in the field of medicine, which in 2017 saw the museum found an Art and Health Committee. The institution is involved in 10 art and health-related clinical trials, studying the effects of art on patients suffering from conditions such as eating disorders, breast cancer, epilepsy, mental illness, and Alzheimer’s disease.