The coronavirus pandemic has had and will have an unprecedented impact on museums all over the world. To better understand the status quo and what might come next, we launched a survey to map COVID-19’s impact on the museum sector. We are supporting the museum sector with data and information about the situation as well as monitoring re-opening dates in an interactive map, which we are illustrating further with best practices and policies.
NEMO was quick in setting up a survey to map how museums are reacting to and coping with the sudden closures. Answers from almost 1000 museums from 48 countries were collected between 24 March and 30 April 2020. NEMO has analysed the data to track how museums in Europe have been affected in the first weeks and to predict how the situation might develop in the future. Based on the findings, NEMO is also offering recommendations to stakeholders at all levels.
The analysis and interpretation of the data would not have been possible without the collaboration of Trilce Navarrete, specialist in the economics of digital heritage from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
The Museum Association of New York was given permission by NEMO to use their survey questions to generate a comparable dataset for New York Museums in order to convey the impact of this public health crisis on our sector.
The NEMO survey served the International Council of Museums to extend the gathering of data to include museums from 107 countries across continents.
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Personal page of Dr. Trilce Navarrete
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Full report on the impact of COVID-19 on museums in Europe
NEMO COVID-19 landing page