{"id":108,"date":"2020-10-21T14:21:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T21:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2020-11-19T22:11:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T05:11:47","slug":"how-museums-are-responding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/pandemicstories\/how-museums-are-responding\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum Response"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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How Museums are Adapting to COVID-19<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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For as long as they have existed, art museums have brought people together through a shared interest in learning about the arts. Since the pandemic, museums have taken extreme measures not only to ensure their community’s safe return but also keeping them engaged. They have adapted abruptly to this new territory that we are all learning to navigate day-by-day. We are seeing that many museums are taking steps toward reopening, or have already reopened, but at the beginning of the pandemic, physical locations were closed to the public with their health and safety in mind. However, that doesn’t mean these organizations weren’t engaging with their communities. Even with their physical locations closed, museums of all kinds were offering free online learning resources, access to their digital collections, virtual tours, and online exhibits\u2014all invaluable opportunities to educate and connect people across the world.<\/p>

Here are some ways art museums have been responding to the pandemic, and what that means for the future of these institutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Museums have long been institutions of informal learning. Now more than ever students have become familiar with informal\/online learning. For many, online learning is a new experience for them, a new experience being shared by museums. Today, students can continue learning away from the classroom through hundreds of online resources that museums are offering. There\u2019s no shortage of topics, from animal habitats and science to art history and wildlife biology and architecture. A myriad of topics have been made available to students, and that includes “students” like you and I. But there are museums like the Children’s Museum of Houston<\/a><\/strong>, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan<\/a><\/strong>, and the New York Hall of Science<\/a> <\/strong>which are offering age-specific resources for younger museum-goers.\u00a0<\/p>

Finally, the Museum Computer Network (MCN) has created an exhaustive list of hundreds of other virtual resources<\/a> <\/strong>from museums.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Museums are offering many virtual engagement opportunities, such as tours, online art, and guided digital experiences to stay connected with their communities.<\/p>