Some of the world’s major museums are reopening this summer—but with limited admissions and extra safety measures in place—as countries slowly resume their economies. On Wednesday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (The Met) announced it will welcome visitors starting on Aug. 29. The museum, which celebrated its […]

As museums and galleries are emerging from their coronavirus lockdowns, most are still puzzling over how to reconfigure their spaces in line with new health and safety regulations. Uncertainty also remains whether people will actually visit cultural institutions in the coming weeks. At a time when research suggests that nearly […]

Ruben Natal-San Miguel’s “Toilet Paper Hoarder, Manhattan NYC” was submitted to the Museum of the City of New York‘s #CovidStoriesNYC project.Credit…Ruben Natal-San Migue, via Museum of the City of New York “We’re careful not to take things people still need,” Mr. Filene said, “but eventually we’re going to want medical […]

Countries around the world are bringing in stricter measures to deal with the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This means that more and more people are practising social distancing. We take a look at what the museum community is doing to engage with visitors who are stuck at home.

As museums around the country prepare to reopen, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is going first with safety protocols in place. You won’t be able to use the drinking fountains, check your coat or eat in the cafe. You will have to wear a mask, submit to a temperature […]

The Covid-19 global health crisis has hit hard on the cultural sector. Many museums and cultural institutions around the world, both large and small, public and private, have been forced to close down temporarily and are, as a result, experiencing financial hardship. In the face of this crisis that has […]

Museums and galleries around the world are beginning to open their doors once again after a grim hiatus of lockdown, but as people begin to return, the question of safety, security and the use of potentially unhygienic technology begins to rear its head. Paul Marshall, Recursive, explains how these spaces […]

The museum is back open for business, and the Cybertruck is the newest arrival Like most Tesla products pre-release, the Cybertruck is shrouded in an air of mystery. Nobody’s really seen it anywhere except for the reveal event. There have been some videos of Elon Musk driving it around, and a “Jay Leno’s Garage” episode aired, but the […]

This is our daily update of breaking COVID-19 news for Sunday, July 5th, 2020. Previous daily updates can be found here, and up-to-date statistics are here. New York City is in Phase 2 of reopening now, which includes outdoor dining; hair salons and barbershops; and playgrounds are open. 

With infection and mortality rates of COVID-19 seemingly declining (or at least, this first wave of it), cultural institutions, many of them desperate for revenue and fearful of being forced to remain shuttered forever, are slowly gesturing towards reopening to the public. Of course, the museum-going experience will look very different once they do, […]