Hello Peter,
Adam Rozan from the National Museum of American History started a crowdsourced Google spreadsheet tracking museum closures, and causes, a few years back. You may find some useful examples there. (And I encourage you to enter any examples you have found that are not already logged on the sheet.)
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Elizabeth Merritt
VP Strategic Foresight & Founding Director, CFM
American Alliance of Museums
Arlington VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-22-2023 12:56 PM
From: Peter Hames
Subject: Permanent Museum Closures account COVID
I am a graduate student writing the History of the Houston Maritime Museum.
COVID caused the museum to be closed for some time.
With little revenue and problems with the building, Houston Maritime Museum Board of
Trustees seriously considered permanent closure.
Fortunately, they found a way for the museum to keep open and they will be moving to a new building with more space for exhibits soon.
Does anyone know of museums who succumbed to COVID?
Thanks,
Peter Hames, BSME, MBA
SUNY Maritime College
Graduate student for MS in Maritime and Naval Studies