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, […]

Theme parks, museums and leisure centres are working out how they could reopen safely, as lockdown restrictions ease in the UK. Museums will be some of the first spaces to reopen their doors but it will be a different experience. The Design Museum in London is removing its ticket desks […]

The Field Museum announced Friday that detailed CT scans of the mummies will be available for download from the gaming platform Steam, enabling users to explore the mummies from the comfort of their own homes. According to the museum, Inside Explorer, the software that makes this viewing possible, was originally developed by […]

The art museum in Florence was one of the first to use the social media platform, posting unusually irreverent videos that challenge its dignified reputation. “Maybe it looks a little stupid,” said Ilde Forgione, 35, who runs the account, in a telephone interview, “but sometimes you have to give people […]

While millions of people across Europe and beyond have been forced into lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, some artists have used their time in isolation to create work using religious imagery as a way to tell the story of the crisis. On the streets of Madrid, graffiti artist Ernesto Muñiz reimagined […]

While the museum’s galleries remain closed, the outdoor gardens opened on May 30. “They have several special areas, like Hidden Hollow, which is a great area of the park for families with children,” said DeSousa. The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses, with its water features, meadows, and boardwalk, is billed […]

Museums and galleries could lose £743 million in revenue (-9%) and 5% of jobs (4,000), with the impact being mitigated by being able to reopen in July under social distancing constraints. The news comes in shortly after The Sunday Times published an interesting public survey on essential and non-essential jobs, […]

Museums aim to bring collections to life and VR is an excellent tool for this. It offers a different experience – that of total emersion in an exhibit. Many museums around the globe are already embracing its potential. The topic can seem like a daunting one. It’s easy to get […]

Museums around the world and across the country have reopened or are beginning to consider reopening after months of being forced to shut down to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. The shutdowns have cost museums a lot in lost revenue, from tickets for entry and to view special exhibitions, to […]

Museums, alongside places of worship, schools, banks and other formal institutions, are being forced to adapt in order to reduce losses, despite little preparation or agility. However, all is not lost. Fear drives people towards art as a form of solace, if only as a means to contemplate and reflect on the […]