In 2009, working in partnership with memory loss programs at University of Michigan and Saint Joseph Mercy Health Systems, the Museum launched the pilot program for Meet Me at UMMA, a unique museum-based program designed to engage visitors who are living with dementia. This fall Meet Me at UMMA will launch a new program open to persons with memory loss who live at home and their significant other or caregiver.

Meet Me at UMMA is based on the premise that, although memory may have been compromised, senses are generally alive and well. Facilitated by a small group of experienced UMMA Docents using a multi-sensory approach, the tours offer community members with dementia and their caregivers an opportunity to "bring their senses alive" through visual art, often complemented by music, props, and creative artmaking.