Open AccessMuseums and Communication: The Case of the Louvre Museum at the Covid-19 Age
Author(s) -
Lara Corona
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
humanities and social science research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-3032
pISSN - 2576-3024
DOI - 10.30560/hssr.v4n1p15
Subject(s) - phenomenon , covid-19 , order (exchange) , social media , work (physics) , sociology , media studies , visual arts , multimedia , world wide web , art , computer science , business , engineering , epistemology , medicine , mechanical engineering , philosophy , disease , pathology , finance , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In the last few decades, modern technology has changed the way people communicate. Owing to being an integral part of society, museums have also been influenced by this phenomenon. This paper aims to provide a general overview of the main communication tools, such as social media and the website. This work's purpose is to highlight how museums can reach a bi-directional communication that allows society to maintain a certain interaction with visitors, even in periods when physical access to the collections is not possible. In order to achieve this goal, the essay deals with the adoption of the main tools of modern communication by the Louvre Museum in Paris. It sets out the usage of Instagram, Facebook and the louvre.fr website and highlights the feedback before and after the lockdown occurred due to the Covid-19 virus.