Museums at Home: Digital Initiatives in Response to COVID-19
Museums at Home: Digital Initiatives in Response to COVID-19
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在家中的博物馆:应对 COVID-19 的数字举措
DOI:
10.18261/issn.2464-2525-2020-02-05
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发表时间:
2020
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通讯作者:
F. Jørgensen
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作者:
Verity Burke;Dolly Jørgensen;F. Jørgensen
As governments across the world introduced a variety of social distancing rules in early 2020 in an effort to stop the coronavirus pandemic, many public spaces closed their doors. Both travelling and large gatherings are understood as vectors for infection, and as a consequence, cultural attractions and tourist destinations were particularly hard hit by virus prevention measures. The response of many museums was to take their collections online, resulting in a variety of digital initiatives which showcased the creativity, diversity and community of the heritage sector. Some institutions began pandemic collections to document the impact of the virus, while others shared their already digitised collections with the public through a multitude of platforms. Social media, increasingly respected in the sector, buoyed up visitor communities, and even the museum industry itself was affected, with annual events such as the Museums + Heritage Show moving their programming online.1 This review surveys three types of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, from attempts to replicate the museum visit experience, to alternative replacements making use of online platforms, to initiatives that envision radically different relationships to their audiences. The selection is not intended to be representative, but instead draws into dialogue the experiences the authors had during lockdown, reflecting a small sample of international and Norwegian museum locations, exhibitions and engagements that were increasingly available throughout the pandemic, while commenting on wider trends. Visiting such a cross-section of museums offers us fresh insight into digital tourism in the age of the coronavirus.