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Digital responses of UK museum exhibitions to the COVID‐19 crisis, March – June 2020
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King, Ellie, Smith, M. Paul, Wilson, Paul F. and Williams, Mark A. (2021) Digital responses of UK museum exhibitions to the COVID‐19 crisis, March – June 2020. Curator: The Museum Journal, 64 (3). pp. 487-504. doi:10.1111/cura.12413 ISSN 0011-3069.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cura.12413
Abstract
The impact of the COVID‐19 Crisis on museums and galleries has been paramount, with the sector taking on long‐term recovery plans. This paper examines this crisis in the context of temporary exhibition programmes of UK museums, studying online content for 21 museums with exhibitions due to open between March and June 2020. Analysis was conducted, noting how COVID was considered, how content was presented, and discussing the emerging themes of access, embodiment, and human connection. In considering these results in the context of wider digital heritage literature, several questions are raised in terms of how digital content is conceptualised, presented, and valued. At a crucial turning point in the sector, these aspects will need to be considered as museums and galleries continue to adapt in light of a post‐COVID world where practices, both digital and physical, will undoubtedly shift.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | A General Works > AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General) C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Great Britain, Museums -- Great Britain, Virtual museums -- Great Britain, Museum exhibits -- Great Britain , Virtual museum exhibits , Museums -- Technological innovations, Cultural property -- Digitization | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Curator: The Museum Journal | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley Online Library | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0011-3069 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | July 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 64 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 487-504 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/cura.12413 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 April 2021 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 April 2021 |
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