Nina Levent is executive director of Art Beyond Sight Collaborative in New York City, part of Art Education for the Blind. Art Beyond Sight is dedicated to making the visual arts a vital part of the lives of visually-impaired people. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D., is professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School; Director of the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation; Program Director of the Harvard-Thorndike Clinical Research Unit; and an Attending Neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — all in Boston. He is a practicing behavioral neurologist and movement disorders specialist.

From 'Please DO touch the Exhibits' to 'The Museum as Smellscape,' a new book hitting museum studies shelves this spring explores how the five sense can be engaged in cultural experiences. The Multisensory Museum unites museum professionals with psychologists, neuroscientists, architects and other specialists to examine how physical interactions influence visitors' understanding of objects and exhibitions. Special emphasis is placed on discussing how museums can reach audiences that are sensorially impaired.

• Introduction Nina Levent & Alvaro Pascual-LeonePart I: Museums & TouchChapter 1: Please DO Touch the Exhibits! Interactions between Visual Imagery and Haptic PerceptionSimon Lacey & K. SathianChapter 2: "First Hand," not "First-eye" Knowledge: Bodily Experience in Museums Francesca Bacci & Francesco PavaniChapter 3: Art-Making as Multisensory Engagement: Case Studies from The Museum of Modern ArtCarrie McGee &Francesca RosenbergChapter 4: Multi-sensory Engagement with Real Nature Relevant to Real LifeMolly Steinwald, Melissa A. Harding, & Richard V. PiacentiniChapter 5: Touch and Narrative in Art and History MuseumsNina Levent & Lynn McRaineyPart II: Museums & SoundChapter 6: A Brain Guide to Sound GalleriesStephen R. Arnott & Claude AlainChapter 7: Ephemeral, Immersive, Invasive: Sound as Curatorial Theme 1966-2013Seth CluettChapter 8: Soundwalking the Museum: A Sonic Journey through the Visual DisplaySalomé Voegelin.Chapter 9: The Role of Sensory and Mot

Nina Levent is executive director of Art Beyond Sight Collaborative in New York City, part of Art Education for the Blind. Art Beyond Sight is dedicated to making the visual arts a vital part of the lives of visually-impaired people. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D., is professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School; Director of the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation; Program Director of the Harvard-Thorndike Clinical Research Unit; and an Attending Neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — all in Boston. He is a practicing behavioral neurologist and movement disorders specialist.

From 'Please DO touch the Exhibits' to 'The Museum as Smellscape,' a new book hitting museum studies shelves this spring explores how the five sense can be engaged in cultural experiences. The Multisensory Museum unites museum professionals with psychologists, neuroscientists, architects and other specialists to examine how physical interactions influence visitors' understanding of objects and exhibitions. Special emphasis is placed on discussing how museums can reach audiences that are sensorially impaired.

• Introduction Nina Levent & Alvaro Pascual-LeonePart I: Museums & TouchChapter 1: Please DO Touch the Exhibits! Interactions between Visual Imagery and Haptic PerceptionSimon Lacey & K. SathianChapter 2: "First Hand," not "First-eye" Knowledge: Bodily Experience in Museums Francesca Bacci & Francesco PavaniChapter 3: Art-Making as Multisensory Engagement: Case Studies from The Museum of Modern ArtCarrie McGee &Francesca RosenbergChapter 4: Multi-sensory Engagement with Real Nature Relevant to Real LifeMolly Steinwald, Melissa A. Harding, & Richard V. PiacentiniChapter 5: Touch and Narrative in Art and History MuseumsNina Levent & Lynn McRaineyPart II: Museums & SoundChapter 6: A Brain Guide to Sound GalleriesStephen R. Arnott & Claude AlainChapter 7: Ephemeral, Immersive, Invasive: Sound as Curatorial Theme 1966-2013Seth CluettChapter 8: Soundwalking the Museum: A Sonic Journey through the Visual DisplaySalomé Voegelin.Chapter 9: The Role of Sensory and Mot

Nina Levent is executive director of Art Beyond Sight Collaborative in New York City, part of Art Education for the Blind. Art Beyond Sight is dedicated to making the visual arts a vital part of the lives of visually-impaired people. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D., is professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School; Director of the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation; Program Director of the Harvard-Thorndike Clinical Research Unit; and an Attending Neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — all in Boston. He is a practicing behavioral neurologist and movement disorders specialist.

From 'Please DO touch the Exhibits' to 'The Museum as Smellscape,' a new book hitting museum studies shelves this spring explores how the five sense can be engaged in cultural experiences. The Multisensory Museum unites museum professionals with psychologists, neuroscientists, architects and other specialists to examine how physical interactions influence visitors' understanding of objects and exhibitions. Special emphasis is placed on discussing how museums can reach audiences that are sensorially impaired.

• Introduction Nina Levent & Alvaro Pascual-LeonePart I: Museums & TouchChapter 1: Please DO Touch the Exhibits! Interactions between Visual Imagery and Haptic PerceptionSimon Lacey & K. SathianChapter 2: "First Hand," not "First-eye" Knowledge: Bodily Experience in Museums Francesca Bacci & Francesco PavaniChapter 3: Art-Making as Multisensory Engagement: Case Studies from The Museum of Modern ArtCarrie McGee &Francesca RosenbergChapter 4: Multi-sensory Engagement with Real Nature Relevant to Real LifeMolly Steinwald, Melissa A. Harding, & Richard V. PiacentiniChapter 5: Touch and Narrative in Art and History MuseumsNina Levent & Lynn McRaineyPart II: Museums & SoundChapter 6: A Brain Guide to Sound GalleriesStephen R. Arnott & Claude AlainChapter 7: Ephemeral, Immersive, Invasive: Sound as Curatorial Theme 1966-2013Seth CluettChapter 8: Soundwalking the Museum: A Sonic Journey through the Visual DisplaySalomé Voegelin.Chapter 9: The Role of Sensory and Mot