Reflections: A Program for People with Dementia and Their Care Partners
Reflections: A Program for People with Dementia and their Care Partners
The Reflections program offers welcoming arts-based experiences designed for people living with dementia and their care partners. Using art as a stimulus, trained facilitators encourage conversation around what participants notice, think, and wonder – no art experience required!
Each month, we select a new theme and feature different works of art, so repeat visitors enjoy a unique experience each time they attend a Reflections program.
All our tours are free, but registration is required. To sign up for a tour, ask questions, or join our mailing list, please email reflections@duke.edu.
Reflections Schedule
Monthly In-Person Tours
Facilitated gallery discussions are followed by a live musical performance or a hands-on art project.
- Second Tuesdays, 2-3:30 PM
- Open to anyone experiencing memory changes and their care partners
- Fourth Tuesdays, 10:30-noon and 2-3:30 PM
- Open to members of the Duke Dementia Family Support Program
Monthly Virtual Tours
Engaging art conversations, accessible from anywhere.
- Second Fridays, 2–3 PM, online via Zoom
Quarterly Saturday Tours
Four times a year, we host Reflections tours on Saturday afternoons.
Plan Your Tour
Accessibility
Our tours are wheelchair- and walker-accessible. Seating is provided for all participants at each gallery stop. For specific accessibility questions or concerns, please contact us, and we will make every effort to make you feel welcome at the Nasher.
Tours for Groups
We offer tours for facilities, adult day centers, and community groups by appointment. Tours are available in Spanish upon request.
Upcoming Tours
Our hour and a half at the Nasher this morning was a delight. We both found it interesting, informative, engaging and totally professionally and humanely done.
Reflections participant
Support
The Nasher Museum Reflections Program is made possible by Stefanie and Doug Kahn in honor of their fathers, Donald Schneider and Mike Kahn; and by Ronald and Batsheva Ostrow.
Watch & reflect
Accelerating Discovery: A Family’s Commitment to Changing the Future of Alzheimer’s Disease
Stefanie Kahn’s epiphany came too late to help her father, but it has been instrumental in helping hundreds more.
view article on Magnify Medicine | Published May 15, 2026
In Praise of Reflections
For individuals with dementia and their caregivers, a monthly Nasher Museum of Art program offers a space to connect.
view article on INDY Week | Published June 10, 2025
Repairing Our View of Dementia
It is a rewarding experience each time I lead a virtual art gallery tour for adults with dementia. Though we are over 1000 miles apart physically and multiple decades apart in age, we connect over artwork through the Refle...
file download from The Journal of the American Medical Association | Published November 30, 2022
How one NC museum is using art and music to unlock memories in people with dementia
The visitors sit in folding chairs in front of a huge, ornately framed portrait of a man holding a gold staff against a blue and floral background.
view article on The News &. Observer | Published January 23, 2020