Digital Responses of UK Museum Exhibitions to the COVID‐19 Crisis, March – June 2020

• Published in: Curator (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 487 - 504
• Main Authors: King, Ellie, Smith, M. Paul, Wilson, Paul F., Williams, Mark A.
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Art galleries & museums; Content analysis; COVID-19; Cultural heritage; Digital curation; Digital technology; Electronic literature; Embodiment; Museum exhibits; Museum studies; United Kingdom > UK

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 betw...