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Many Museums Won’t Survive the Virus. How Do You Close One Down?

By Nina Siegal, Nytimes
Category: COVID-19
<p>Institutions will face ethical and sometimes legal obligations to transfer their collections elsewhere. The process can be costly and time-consuming, expert…

Why Museums Can’t Always Fall Back on Endowments

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Category: Financial Sustainability
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic may be an opportunity to look transparently at museum endowments and their limitations, and consider the need for alternative sources of support in the months to …

How to help your neighbors when a pandemic hits? Exhibit A: Museums.

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Category: COVID-19
<p>As coronavirus shut down everyday life over the last month, museums all around the world closed their doors. From the Louvre in Paris to the Met museum in New York, exhibits usually …

People Need Art in Times of Crisis. That’s Why Museums Should Be Among the First Institutions to Reopen for Business—Here’s How

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Category: COVID-19
<p>September 11, 2001, was a Tuesday. By that weekend, many of New York City's museums had reopened, free to the public. I remember seeing the faces of the visitors and how communing inside …

Unesco to Support Cultural Sector Hit by COVID-19

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Category: Influence of Museums
<p>The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced it is "launching initiatives" to support cultural industries and cultural heritage, sectors …

This Art Museum Was Founded in Response to a Pandemic Death. It Has Much to Teach Us Now.

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Category: Influence of Museums
<p>The world is currently facing unprecedented challenges, and the arts can provide a measure of relief. Now that we are unable to interface with our communities physically, we in the field …

Contemporary art gallery provides robot-assisted tours to beat stay-at-home orders

By Shane Reiner-Roth, Archpaper.com
<p>In an effort to remain in business while providing content for those under stay-at-home orders, museums and galleries around the world have expanded their online presence with offerings …

Regional Museums Struggle to Survive After Closing Because of Coronavirus

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Category: Financial Stability
<p>For more than 20 minutes, Akron Art Museum director Mark Masuoka stared into the cerulean recesses of Sky Hook (1981), a somber painting by Gene Davis. Masuoka searched for solace in the …
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Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE)

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The Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE) provides a forum for museum professionals who believe that understanding the visitor is an essential part of museum planning and operation. CARE disseminates information about …

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Leadership of this professional network

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Liz Kollmann - Chair, CARE
  • Manager, Research and Evaluation
  • Museum of Science, Boston, MA
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Michelle A. Mileham - Chair-elect, CARE
  • Director of Education
  • Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City, UT

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Culture and Community in a Time of Crisis: Join a National Audience Research Collaboration
By Elizabeth Merritt
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Spotlight: Most-read posts from the Alliance Blog this week!

“The museum we closed will not be the museum we reopen.”

By Scott Stulen
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4 Ways Museums Can Successfully Leverage Digital Content and Channels during Coronavirus (COVID-19)

By Brendan Ciecko
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Lessons Learned from SARS: How Museums Emerge After Crisis

By American Alliance of Museums
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