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[1] Kyle Chayka. “How the Coronavirus will Reshape Architecture.

” The New Yorker. June 17, 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/dept-of-design/how-the-coronavirus-will-reshape-architecture.

[2] “How the Coronavirus will Reshape Architecture.

[3] Nancy Kenney. “Space Race: How the Pandemic is Pushing Museums to Rethink Design.

” The Art Newspaper. October 7, 2020. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/10/07/space-race-how-thepandemic-is-pushing-museums-to-rethink-design.

[4] Nancy Kenney. “Space Race: How the Pandemic is Pushing Museums to Rethink Design.

[5] Nancy Kenney. “Space Race: How the Pandemic is Pushing Museums to Rethink Design.

[6] “‘Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics’ Exhibition to Open in December at Cooper Hewitt. ” Smithsonian Institution. November 9, 2021. https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/design-andhealing-creative-responses-epidemics-exhibition-open-december-cooper.

[7] “‘Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics’ Exhibition to Open in December at Cooper Hewitt.

[8] “‘Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics’ Exhibition to Open in December at Cooper Hewitt.

[9] Bruce Davis and Ron Elad.

“Will COVID-19 Change Museum Architecture?” American Alliance of Museums. August 28, 2020. https://www.aam-us.org/2020/08/28/will-covid-19-change-museumarchitecture/.

Source: Robert Couse-Baker, A Day at the Museum, February 28, 2014, photograph, Crocker Art Museum, accessed March 29, 2022, https://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/12859956864/in/photostream/

S m a l l M u s e u m s i n a G l o b a l P a n d e m i c : D i v e r s i f y i n g M a r k e t i n g a n d O u t r e a c h S t r a t e g i e s

Jadon Yeager

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, various inperson events the world has come to know and enjoy as common activities were forced to limit capacities or even shut down completely. Sporting events, entertainment venues, and restaurants were all among the major topics of conversation surrounding the effect the pandemic would have on the future of in-person events and how these might change. Often less described is the effects the pandemic has had and will continue to have on museums, and how museums of all sizes have been working to diversify the ways in which they reach their audiences and patrons. Eff Ce ects rtain of ly, the mu Gl se obal ums Pa of nd al e l m si ic zes have been heavily impacted by the pandemic, but smaller museums have been further disproportionately affected due to lack of funding, stable internet access, and more. According to the International Council of Museums’ (ICOM) third report on museums and COVID-19 and shown in figure 1, 61.6 percent of small museums reported that they had to cancel or reduce exhibitions with another 53.6 percent of small museums reporting the cancelation or reduction of programs; meanwhile, only 37.0 and 35.6 percent of large museums showed that they would have to cancel or reduce exhibitions and programs, respectively. [1]

With a greater percentage of small museums losing exhibitions and programs, these museums have especially needed to find new ways to reach the public as well as invite in new guests. Additionally, in the ICOM report, 50.81 percent of small museums answered that they did not have their collections available online; in contrast, only 18.6 percent of large museums did not have their collections available online. [2] This becomes the central issue for small museums in the pandemic and going forward: finding new digital strategies to share their content with many of these museums not yet having online collections.

Nex Dr. t Ste Ann ps F and euer New bach S , tr a ategies professor of anthropology at the State University of New York, Nassau, presented on the redefining of museums during and after the COVID-19 pandemic at Purdue University on February 22, 2022. In this presentation, she highlighted ways in which all museums could work to involve more digital practices, including examples of what both large and small museums have done throughout the pandemic. She described how some museums were able to implement virtual or augmented reality experiences for their visitors to see the museums’ exhibits online, with an example of a digital art installation shown in figure 2. [3] However, small museums may not have the resources or internet access to be able to produce these types of experiences. Dr. Feuerbach was able to describe some more inexpensive digital alternatives such as online newsletters, regularly updated websites, videos, and social media. [4] She even provided an example for cases of museums with very little internet access which was a remote archaeological site in Uzbekistan that had QR codes which allowed the text descriptions of certain sites and objects to be translated into any language. [5]

CS onclu mall sion museums could use simple and easily accessible technologies like these mentioned to innovate the way they connect with current audiences and help to improve their outreach with new ones. Additionally, advances like this help to prepare small museums for adverse global events in the future.

Figure 1: Expected loss of services, funding, and other opportunities according to museum size Source: International Council of Museums, “Museums, Museum Professionals and Covid-19: Third Survey, ” International Council of Museums, 13, accessed March 1, 2022, https://icom.museum/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Museumsand-Covid-19 _ third-ICOM-report.pdf. Figure 2: Museum goers interact with a digital art installation at the teamLab Borderless Museum in Tokyo, Japan. Source: rabbit _ akra, July 2, 2018, photograph, teamLab Borderless Museum, accessed March 29, 2022, https://www.flickr.com/photos/aciel _ akra/42264313385/in/ph otostream/.