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  • 1.  Covid in Museums - Is Anyone Collecting Data?

    Posted 10-06-2020 07:41 PM
    In Los Angeles County, Museums are still unable to open while retail, indoor shopping malls, barber shops and nail salons are open with modifications that the museum sector has already demonstrated it can meet. Is there anyone collecting (non-personal) data on covid-related museum incidents, or hopefully the lack of them, that can be shared? I am sure this information will be of interest to any closed museums advocating for safe re-openings. Thank you.

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    Julie Perlin Lee
    Executive Director
    Catalina Island Museum
    Avalon CA
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  • 2.  RE: Covid in Museums - Is Anyone Collecting Data?

    Posted 10-07-2020 06:53 AM
    I would like to learn about this as well.  An academic museum, we are allowed to have student groups in, but not the public!  This is particularly frustrating since our non-student demographic is among the high-risk for COVID folk, who are also most likely to follow the rules and be careful!  Thank you!

    Vivian F. Zoë, Director
    Slater Memorial Museum
    108 Crescent Street, Norwich CT 06360
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  • 3.  RE: Covid in Museums - Is Anyone Collecting Data?

    Posted 10-07-2020 10:20 AM
    Julie, Membership Consultants is collecting Covid-19 related information from museums and cultural institutions of all types nationally.  While we are doing this from a membership based perspective, it still nonetheless has information on how the pandemic has affected museum operations and what people are doing to reopen, how staffing levels have been affected, etc.
    For instance, we know that 94% of the institutions surveyed did have a closure period, when they reopened, and that about 10% are still closed.  Here is a link for you to download and view those results from our monthly survey from May through September.

    Good luck with reopening!   Covid-19 Membership Impact Survey Results August & September Webinar
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    Covid-19 Membership Impact Survey Results August & September Webinar
    The Covid-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on our institutions and membership programs. In these uncertain times, Membership Consultants is here to give guidance and perspective. With your help and participation, we have collected data from membership programs like yours. We recently asked many of you to participate in a Covid-19 Membership Impact survey.
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    Dana Hines
    Membership Consultants

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    Dana Hines
    Vice President Membership Marketing

    Membership Consultants, A Gabriel Group Company
    Earth City MO
    Dana.Hines@gabrielgroup.com
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  • 4.  RE: Covid in Museums - Is Anyone Collecting Data?

    Posted 10-07-2020 12:35 PM

    Thanks for posting this Julie. I was just having this conversation with our Chamber. Museums in my county are still not able to open, while gyms were just given the green light to open with limitations and restrictions that we are ready to implement as well.  

    If anyone is collecting data on occurrences of COVID-19 related to transmission in museums and can share, that would be hugely helpful. I know it's really difficult to get such info, from a privacy perspective and a causal perspective, but I'm hoping there's some data that can help us make a stronger case to our state government.

    Thanks,

    Keni



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    Keni Sturgeon
    Executive Director
    Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
    Wenatchee WA
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