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#museuobert: una iniciativa perquè els museus no s’aturessin durant el confinament

Enric Zapatero , Mari Vállez

Publication date: 26/07/2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic initially led to a lockdown that halted cultural activity around the world. Museums had to close their doors and the only means of communication was through their own digital spaces. Initiatives such as #museuobert were born out of the need to keep the cultural sector alive and at the same time helped change the paradigm of digital communication in museums. Making their collections available online is the present and future of many museums. Communication departments need to understand this and adapt to the situation in order to be present in the social and cultural conversation.

 

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New times and new museography

#NouMuseuPortTarragona (New Tarragona Port Museum)

Mercè Toldrà Dalmau

Publication date: 27/07/2022

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Comprehensive renovation of a port museum created in 2000. The passage of time translated into the need to intervene both in the adaptation of the building (an old goods warehouse) and in a new museography to achieve a more exciting, active and modern experience. Interactivity and immersion are present in the #NouMuseuPortTarragona.

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The Impact of the Pandemic on Catalan Museums

Antoni Laporte

Publication date: 20/09/2022

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Covid-19 caused a profound impact on the Catalan cultural system and, as a result, on the heritage field too. The global nature of the pandemic had similar effects in all countries. The lockdown first and the following limitations on mobility during the two years of the pandemic caused severe blows on attendance to museums, their income and especially their work teams. The imprint of this crisis left a profound mark in the sector, from fierce situations such as shutdowns and the resulting layoffs to the suspension of many activities. It should be noted that its different effects can be classified according to three main factors: location (museums located in territories with a strong tourist dependence have suffered the most), size (managing teams during lockdown and teleworking has been more complex for large organizations), and ownership (although the impact of the pandemic has been widespread and large and publicly owned museums have suffered severe consequences, the situation has been even more dramatic among the rich network of private facilities, which mostly depend on the income that they gather from visitors). In these long months of the pandemic, the sector focused a very considerable part of its efforts on increasing and improving its digital offer. Hopefully, at least, we used this crisis to consolidate some insight and to update digital resources.

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El Museu Virtual de la Moda de Catalunya

Projecte, gestió i nous desafiaments de la museologia digital

Grup Walden

Publication date: 22/03/2019

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Throughout history, fashion has played an important role in the manufacturing and commercial landscape of countries – and still does. A large number of Catalan museums reflect this reality and preserve numerous items of clothing in their storehouses, largely unknown to the general public. The Museu Virtual de la Moda de Catalunya, a virtual museum of the Catalan fashion, aims at enhancing the notability of such a cultural heritage in an innovative way and without dissociating it from its original territory. In this regard the Museu Virtual arises as a proposal to work, together with 38 museums from all over the Catalan territory, on the management and transfer of the knowledge related to this heritage through an online platform, tackling the latest challenges of the digital museology.

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