New safety standards in museums around the world
ARTinvestment.RU   04 мая 2020

After the partial lifting of quarantine in many countries open to visit museums, which will work by new rules

First about the lifting of the quarantine and the early work of the Museum sector to the public, said the countries of Asia: some museums of Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong once again began its work in late February — March 2020. It is their experience formed the basis of published on April 29 list of 29 items of advice for all the opening after quarantine of museums, prepared by the International Committee of museums and collections of modern art (CIMAM).

the list included items such as mandatory temperature check and getting contact info of visitors, and widespread wearing of medical masks. And the Museum staff to check the temperature is recommended at least twice a day. Among other things it is recommended to reduce the number of participants in tourist programs and to reduce the participation of older people. A separate item on the museums it is proposed to undertake an educational function to inform visitors about the nature and ways of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.

These recommendations were developed for Asia and the Pacific region, but relevant to rest of the world, is facing the same problems and issues when you restart the activities of Museum institutions after the lifting of the quarantine. So, despite the fact that in Germany, Austria and neighbouring Italy government announced the gradual removal of restrictive measures, many museums of the capital of Austria decided to postpone the opening until July — in particular, the Vienna Riesenrad. The same trend is observed in Italy and Belgium. But the state museums of Berlin, opened its doors on may 4, 2020. In General we can say: with many new rules and restrictions life (at least cultural) getting back to normal.

the Material was prepared by Maria Kuznetsova AI

Source: artasiapacific.com, artreview.com