Subtitled, }Handling In The Cultural Heritage Context{. A guide for museums Contributors to this volume explore how the sense of touch can be utilized in museums and other cultural institutions to facilitate understanding and learning. List of Illustrations 9 Preface 11 Introduction: The Power of Touch 13 Elizabeth Pye Part 1 Science of Touch 1 Weighing up the Value of Touch 31 Alan Wing, Christos Giachritsis and Roberta Roberts 2 Making Sense of Touch: A Multisensory Approach to the Perception of Objects 45 Charles Spence Part 2 History of Touch 3 Archaeology of Touch: Babylonian Magic and Healing 63 Mark Geller 4 For Your Eyes Only? The Magic Touch of Relics 73 Jan Geisbusch 5 Don't Touch! Hands Off! Art, Blindness, and the Conservation of Expertise 89 Fiona Candlin Part 3 Professional Touch 6 Exploring the Role of Touch in Connoisseurship and the Identification of Objects 107 Sally MacDonald 7 Understanding Objects: The Role of Touch in Conservation 121 Elizabeth Pye Part 4 Touch and Memory 8 The Elderly as 'Curators' in North London 139 Michael Rowlands 9 Easing the Transition: Using Museum Objects with Elderly People 153 Claire Jacques Part 5 Touch and Discovery 10 The Touch Experience in Museums in the UK and Japan 163 Julia Cassim 11 Touching Art, Touching You: BlindArt, Sense, and Sensuality 183 Sharareh Khayami 12 Learning through Touch 191 Tara Trewinnard-Boyle and Emily Tabassi 13 To Play or Not To Play: Making a Collection of Musical Instruments Accessible 201 Andrew Lamb 14 Collaborative Touch: Working with a Community Artist to Restore a Kwakwaka'wakw Mask 215 Jessica Johnson Part 6 Virtual Touch 15 Touching Ghosts: Haptic Technologies in Museums 223 David Prytherch and Marie Jefsioutine 16 Exploring Virtual Touch in the Creative Arts and Conservation 241 Angela Geary Index 253 About the Contributors 259