Open AccessVISITOR, PLEASE, COME… INITIAL REMARKS ON MUSEUM PUBLIC DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Bąk,
Rafał Wiśniewski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
muzealnictwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2391-4815
pISSN - 0464-1086
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0015.3122
Subject(s) - visitor pattern , pandemic , covid-19 , public relations , political science , process (computing) , sociology , medicine , computer science , virology , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language , operating system
The issue of the return of the public tomuseums after the experience connected with theCOVID-19 pandemic is discussed. Furthermore, theresults of research related to participation in cultureand public’s motivations focused on museum visitors isanalysed. The activities undertaken by the institutionsdesiring to maintain communication with the public andwishing to enable them contact with museum exhibitsdespite the sanitary restrictions are presented. Theauthors have initially diagnosed the impact of thepandemic on the institutions’ relations with their public,pointing to both negative impacts and benefits, e.g.,speeding of the digitizing process and extension ofeducational functions.