Museums, Crisis and Covid-19: Vitality and Vulnerabilities

新冠肺炎危机正在对全国和全球的博物馆行业产生重大影响。它暴露了博物馆、其工作人员、项目和收藏品的脆弱性。在其他地方，创新的方案编制正在展示参与、响应和参与的博物馆服务的活力和多功能性，证明即使在危机中，博物馆也是有意义的地方。这一研究项目的重点是博物馆如何在危机时期继续为社区的复原力和福祉做出贡献。它解决了行业适应性问题，同时调整了观众参与度和合作(例如新的收藏做法、节目制作和展览)，以回应新冠肺炎。新冠肺炎危机期间的不同反应--一些博物馆的员工被暂时解雇，而其他地方的员工却参与了响应项目--揭示了人们对博物馆服务本质(或其他性质)的更深层次态度。展望未来，该项目将引领和告知该部门，因为它正在适应仍然在参与和参与方面采用新思维的有效的社区-数字可能性。此外，该项目还评估了我们如何调整我们的做法，以考虑到观众多样性、数字贫困以及Covid-19病毒给脆弱观众带来的孤立挑战。提出该挑战本项目：1.确定博物馆的教学和实践必须如何适应新的观众需求；2.探索联合制作社区-数字创新的可能性；以及3.调查博物馆可以提供什么，以支持社区在新冠肺炎危机期间和之后的复原力。本项目的重要性在于以下几个方面。首先，了解新冠肺炎对国家博物馆部门的影响的新知识，这将为社区司(DFC)提供信息，并具有国家相关性。其次，通过围绕社区产生新的思维-数字活力和引领创新，以适应博物馆的适应。第三，了解Covid-19病毒对社区复原力和福祉的新需求。博物馆协会回应新冠肺炎的询问时表示，博物馆在支持社区、促进社区凝聚力、增进福祉和反思重大公共问题方面至关重要。我们的许多博物馆与弱势群体合作，他们在封锁后仍将保持谨慎/屏蔽，例如痴呆症友好计划(NI博物馆理事会)。该项目将调查搁置这类方案的影响、如何有效地调整/恢复这些方案，并就立即应用/未来规划提出建议。

The Covid-19 crisis is having a significant impact on the museum sector, nationally and globally. It is exposing the vulnerability of museums, their staff, projects and collections. Elsewhere, innovative programming is demonstrating the vitality and versatility of an engaged, responsive and participatory museum service, proving that museums are places of relevance even in a crisis. This research project focuses on how museums can continue to contribute to community resilience and wellbeing in a time of crisis. It addresses sector adaptability as it adjusts audience engagement and collaboration (such as new collecting practices, programming and exhibitions) in response to Covid-19. The differing responses during the Covid-19 crisis - in some museums staff were furloughed yet elsewhere they have been involved in responsive projects - uncovers deeper attitudes to the essential (or otherwise) nature of museum services. Going forward, this project will lead and inform the sector as it adapts to effective community-digital possibilities that still embraces new thinking in participation and engagement. Alongside this, the project evaluates how we adapt our practices to be mindful of audience diversity, digital poverty, and the isolation challenges for vulnerable audiences arising from Covid-19.Rising to that challenge this project: 1. identifies how museum pedagogy and practices must adapt to new audience needs; 2. explores possibilities for co-produced community-digital innovation; and, 3. investigates the offer museums can make to support community resilience during and in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis.The importance of this project lies in the following areas. Firstly, new knowledge about the understanding of the impact of Covid-19 on the museum sector in NI that will both inform the Department for Communities (DfC) and have national relevance. Secondly, by generating new thinking around the community-digital dynamic and leading innovation as museums adapt. Thirdly, understanding the new needs around community resilience and wellbeing, arising from Covid-19.The Museums Association's response to the Covid-19 enquiry described museums as vital in supporting communities, promoting community cohesion, enabling wellbeing, and reflection on significant public issues. Many of our museums work with vulnerable groups, who will remain cautious/shielding post lockdown e.g. the Dementia Friendly Programme (NI Museums Council). This project will investigate the impact of putting such programmes on hold, how they can be effectively adapted/reinstated, and make recommendations for immediate application/future planning.