Museum reopenings in the world after the lockdown
In Italy, the reopening, slow but determined, seems to positively profile the crisis. In Venice, the so-called phase 3 was inaugurated by a crowd of tourists: more than 300 meters of queue in front of the Doge’s Palace which, at the time of reopening, already had a thousand reservations, obviously online.
Also in France and in most European states, a large number of small museums are arranged around the main attractions of the great international museums, which until two months ago hosted proportionate crowds of visitors daily.
But the reopening of the world of post-coronavirus culture does not emerge as flourishing for all cultural institutions. With the closure three months ago, the Russian Hermitage has already lost half of its annual revenue, director Mikhail Piotrovsky told the Interfax agency. And other major Russian realities, such as the Puskindi Moscow Museum, are not doing any better. In America, for example, the projections of museum entrances in the near future are alarming and do not bode well. Culture is therefore defeated by a too restrictive security protocol that does not entice, and in fact, makes all tourists run away.
In the United States, public involvement in the management of museums is also less than in most European countries and, therefore, the concern for the survival of smaller museum realities is understandable, which, however, in Europe seem to be the favorites in the reopening process. If a giant like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has announced losses of $ 100 million, smaller institutions are faced with an unprecedented threat in America.
