12 thousand museums in the United States are under threat of closure
ARTinvestment.RU   24 июля 2020

About a third of all museums in the country and slightly more than 10 % of the number of museums around the world

According to a recent survey conducted by the American Alliance of museums (AAM), in collaboration with Dynamic Benchmarking, about a third of U.S. museums may be closed before the end of this year from-за consequences of the unfolding crisis in the country and financial problems. The majority of the interviewed Museum Directors, the program PPP (Paycheck Protection Program), designed to assist in the payment of staff salaries and maintaining staff organizations, and other government subsidies do not cover damage caused art-институциям events in the country and the world in the first half of 2020.

the survey polled 750 of Directors of museums of different orientation and different scale, a third of which stated that there was "significant risk" that their institution is closed or that they "don't know" whether it would be able to survive this crisis. The majority of respondents of Museum leaders — 87 % — stated that they have enough funds to cover organizational expenses for only the next 12 months or even less. In addition, 35 % of respondents reported that they had already released or plan to lay off up to 20 % of its employees, and 37% of respondents said that they expect to lose from 21% to 40% of their income in 2020. The majority of respondents — 64 % — noted that from-за of shrinking budgets and staff reductions they expect to reduce the educational projects and other public programs related to their institutions.

the President and CEO of AAM Laura Lott said that even a partial resumption of the work of museums "the costs will exceed income, and many museums do not have financial security. The trouble faced by museums, will affect other areas. The disappearance of the 12 thousand museums will have devastating consequences for society, economy, educational systems and history of our culture."

According to UNESCO, there are about 95 thousand museums, of which more than 35 thousand located in USA and about the same — in Europe. In Russia, according to various estimates, there are slightly less than 3 thousand museums, with state support, but only — about 5 thousand museums on various subjects. According to UNESCO, in mid-may 2020 was considered in that under the threat of closure is about 13% of museums around the world.

the Material was prepared by Maria Kuznetsova AI

the Source: artnews.com