It's International Museum Day! Here is a running list of some of the museums that have reopened — or have announced they will soon.
," an exhibition at Rome's Scuderie del Quirinale marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Italian Renaissance painter Raphael closed on March 8 after just three days.has been made available online, and Eike Schmidt, the director of the Uffizi Museum in Florence, who worked closely with the Scuderie del Quirinale to set up the show, said the physical exhibition would be extended until the end of the year, if necessary.
The West Bund Museum in Shanghai was one of the first major museums to reopen after lockdown measures in China were relaxed.However, in many cases, it's not possible to delay shows due to crowded timetables and the extra cost of insurance and loans. Some curators have spent months -- even years — researching and preparing exhibitions that will never materialize.
But museums are slowly reopening, in Europe and Asia especially. Since mid-March, exhibitions in China, Germany, South Korea and Switzerland have started welcoming visitors, many of whom must adhere to new rules on temperature checks and social distancing. In Munich, the Bavarian State Painting Collections' museums are allowing one visitor per 20 square meters of exhibition space. And, across China, visitors'of some of the museums that have reopened -- or have announced they will soon.
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