KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 -- What do you think of when you see a museum? A place telling the history of events before you were born or of generations before you? Or a potential place for your local community - including people with dementia - to share stories together?

Here's what Malay Mail learned during a visit to the town of St Ives in Cambridgeshire, UK, where The Norris Museum - with a collection of over 33,000 items on the local area's history - has been engaging with people with dementia.

In an interview, the museum's community officer Susan Bate told Malay Mail that she runs groups to bring people to the museum.

This includes hosting two reminiscence groups at the museum and conducting reminiscence sessions outside the museum. Her...