Since June 1, the Vatican museums opened their doors for visitors; the entrance is masked. The Picasso Museum in Malaga was opened at the end of may. Reviving the cultural life of Paris, although to get to the Louvre, the French can only in a month. Russian museums will return to normal operation in mid-July. Many of them your audience is not lost and even increased it.
a Forced transition of the museums in the online mode of operation does not become complicated, on the contrary, prompted the Museum staff to create new projects. The Hermitage each morning begins with a broadcast has already been recorded excursions and lectures live, not only in the Russian language.
“I Decided to support Italian colleagues in the worst time for them. As a sign of friendship we had a tour in Italian. In Italy it was very well received by all,” says Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the Hermitage.
the Hermitage online began to talk about friendly museums already had a tour of the Archaeological Museum of Naples, then the audience will be able to learn something new about the treasures and galleries of Venice, Umbria, the UK and China.
In the Russian Museum, noted that the number of visitors of the virtual tour have increased by 90 percent. Museum and prior to that copes with online formats, had thus its anniversary. But what will happen with the usual exhibitions? Perhaps the exhibition dedicated to Alexander III, will be extended, and possibly will be closed; then it will change the display to the collectors and the givers
“Finish the exhibition for the 75th anniversary of the Victory, on the 150th anniversary of Alexander Benois, who was also very much involved in the creation of the Russian Museum, the exhibition Shishkin — it will all depend on the situation”, — said Vladimir Gusev, the General Director of the Russian Museum.
9th of June — the birthday of Emperor Peter the great, the Russian Museum is preparing to celebrate it, but virtual. And a week ago began a program of parks and gardens, without which it is impossible to imagine the city of Peter. Browntion of the Museum’s three historic gardens in the state have gardeners and landscape architects.
“Peter took care of the trees. Under pain of the most serious punishments under construction in the capital was prohibited the demolition of trees. We have an oak that’s older than Peter — he in the Summer garden. We collect and sprout acorns from this oak and then they are planted; have planted 150 seedlings”, — said Vladimir Gusev.
Online tour is good, but the museums have clearly missed the exhibitions and visitors. The Hermitage is preparing a huge project, which will connect literature, painting and music. It’s clear that visit the Museum will now be harder.
“Visitors will be difficult: it is necessary to get used that can’t come to the Hermitage, just stood in a queue. We will advance to buy a ticket, the amount of incentives will not. We will try to make so that even during these rigid rules, more people were able to get to the Museum, but the number of visitors will be limited,” — said Mikhail Piotrovsky.
Opened to the public, museums will comply with the rules of the CPS, so the crowds and the crush will be gone. One guide will be able to listen to 5-10 people in small rooms will pass in turn. Now the opportunity to visit the exhibition will be perceived as a gift.