COVID-19 Resources & Information

Advocacy

• A message from the former ICOM President, Suay Aksoy.
• ICOM's Statement on the necessity for relief funds for museums during the COVID-19 crisis.
• Take action: Advocate for museums
• Community engagement during COVID-19 at the House of Memory Museum, Medellín

Social

• #MuseumsAndChill: a digital outreach campaign. Studies show that museum visits reduce stress & anxiety. Self isolation can have serious effects on #MentalHealth. So how about some #MuseumsAndChill instead? Museums: share with us your digital initiatives to reach your public! - Read more

• OCLC, IMLS, and Battelle COVID-19 Research Partnership update: REALM Project site launches #REALMproject

Recommendations

• ICOM's Recommendations for Museum Conservation 
• Ensuring cultural heritage security during lockdown
• How to reach your public remotely
• Webinar | ICOM & OECD: impact, innovations and planning for post-crisis
• Webinar | ICOM: Preparing for the Reopening of Museums
• 8 steps to support community resilience
• Museums and end of lockdown: Ensuring the safety of the public and staff
• How to practice responsible tourism during COVID-19

Surveys and Data

• Museums, museum professionals and COVID-19: ICOM and UNESCO release their full reports
• ICOM: Share your Experiences on ICOM Voices.
• ICOM Follow-up report: Museums, Museum professionals and COVID-19
• The purpose of this anonymous survey was to collect information on how the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the museum sector and museum workers around the world. A global vision will help us give governments a stronger and clearer response on how to support museums through this difficult time. 
  
• 1st Survey: Closed May 7, 2020. 
• 2nd Survey: Closed October 18, 2020. 
• 3rd Survey: Closes May 15, 2021
• ICOM UK is reaching out to international museum colleagues to give our members a personal snapshot about their experience of how museums are responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more on the ICOM-UK website here.

How other Museum Associations are provided resources

• Community Responsive Programming at the Myseum of Toronto during COVID-19

• AAM has released resources and information for those in the museum field. 
• Financial relief and resources
• Review Cleaning and collections care policies
• And more resources here. 
• MCN releases article on The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning, and Online Collections.
• With the support from IMLS and Wiley, Knology has worked with a group of emerging museum professionals to help museum practitioners, furloughed or working at home, use their archives to think about what the next generation of the museum field will be when it emerges from the shut down.
• Links to the Virtual Issues
• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/21516952/homepage/VirtualIssuesPage.html
• https://curatorjournal.org/category/virtual-issues/

Useful Links

We understand you may have some questions and concerns. We are always available via email at [email protected]. Thank you in advance for your understanding and support. We appreciate our amazing ICOM-US community now more than ever.

Be safe, be well and stay connected!