Even An International Museum
Diez’s passion project drew Onor Hanreck Wilkinson, a researcher at the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Happiness Institute has been researching how social networking, jobs, COVID-19, and other factors influence people’s happiness since 2013. “Many visitors who come to our office believe it’s a wild utopia of dogs and ice cream,” Dr. Wilkinson said. Even though they are unable to have dogs, they research what makes people happy.
Even An International Museum
The Happiness Museum
In July 2020, the Happiness Research Institute will open the Happiness Museum. Researchers discuss happiness and why many people consider Denmark one of the world’s happiest countries. Researchers requested donations of artifacts that bring joy to their owners when the Museum first opened. There were hundreds of submissions. Diez came across this fundraising appeal and decided to donate some of her Comfort Seeds. She also explained to the researchers how her seeds had helped children in therapy.
The Happiness Museum