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Museum governance and reopening after lockdown

19th May 202219th May 2022 ubmlie001

Which museums re-opened after lockdown restrictions were lifted in spring 2021, and did it vary by governance? In this blog we present our findings about the three largest groups of museums in our dataset: those run by local authorities, independents run on a not-for-profit basis, and private museums. As seen in the chart below, museum […]

 Museums in the Pandemic
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Coronavirus and Museum Resilience: Some preliminary observations

25th March 20203rd October 2023 mliebe02

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has led to virtually all UK museums being closed. The issue at hand is whether these temporary closures may become permanent, and which museums are likely to be the most resilient, both in the short and long term.     Of all the museums that have existed since 1960 (when our […]

 Museums in the Pandemic
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Mapping Museums: Preliminary results on UK museum closure, 1960-2017

23rd February 201810th October 2018 ubmjay001

Jamie Larkin The museums sector generally concentrates on current practice and developments; it does not keep longitudinal data that would enable academics and museum professionals to trace patterns over time. The result is that commentary on closure is focussed on the very recent past and lacks a broader perspective that could add insight to contemporary […]

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Recent posts

  • Funding success for the Mapping Museums team 19th June 2023
  • Letter on Museum Closure 6th June 2023
  • Was there a ‘swing to the digital’? Museums and social media in the pandemic 18th November 2022
  • The UK Museums Boom (and what happened next) 13th October 2022
  • More openings and closings in the pandemic 5th September 2022
  • Museum reopening after lockdown in the UK nations 21st June 2022
  • Accreditation, size, and museum reopening after lockdown 14th June 2022
  • Museum governance and reopening after lockdown 19th May 2022
  • Long closures after lockdown 5th May 2022
  • Museum websites: What can they tell us? 4th January 2022

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