Visiting Museums May Slow Your Biological Aging, Study Finds

UCL researchers studying more than 3,500 UK adults found that weekly arts or cultural participation was linked to slower biological aging.

People who took part in arts activities or museum visits at least once a week showed more favorable results on several epigenetic clocks, including DunedinPACE and PhenoAge.

The aging benefits were similar in scale to exercising about once a week, suggesting arts engagement may have measurable health effects.

The findings point to arts participation as a possible nonmedical way to support healthier aging.