Italy

La Cultura non si ferma (“Culture never stops”; Nationwide, Italy)

“Culture never stops!” is a page of the Cultural Heritage Ministry website, which brings together virtual initiatives organized by State-owned cultural sites and the entertainment, music and audiovisual organisations during…

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November 5, 2021

Netherlands

Singer TV: Art and the museum, up close and personal (Laren, the Netherlands)

In reaction to the lockdown, museum and theatre Singer Laren started to produce their own videos on pieces from their museum collection, giving in depth information on the history and…

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January 20, 2022

Greece

Little Travelers: Learning the history of the National Garden (Athens, Greece)

7,000 trees from all over the world and 4,000 bushes become the setting for an exploration game in the National Garden of Athens. This is an initiative of the Onassis…

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January 23, 2022

Lithuania

Discover Jewish heritage with(out) leaving home (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Kaunas Vincas Kudirka Public Library adapted to the quarantine conditions and invited their visitors to try the unusual experience – the interactive and modern map of Jewish cultural heritage. This…

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November 5, 2021

Italy

COVID-19 Vaccination Hub at the Museum (Lecce, Italy)

In Italy, all museums were closed due to coronavirus restrictions. The Museum Castromediano of Lecce, Puglia’s oldest museum, whose large archaeological collection dates back to the Palaeolithic and Neolithic ages,…

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November 5, 2021

Croatia

Mrkopalj, the best place ever, an online local experience (Mrkopalj, Croatia)

When it was clear that Hoge Fronten could not go ahead with a performance with the local community of Mrkopalj, they went ahead with a completely different online performance, organized…

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January 20, 2022

Greece

School Life and Education Museum – How to adapt to the COVID-19 reality (Athens, Greece)

With the outbreak of the pandemic, Museums and Cultural Organizations were amongst those who suffered the most severe consequences. The School Life and Education Museum reorganized its operation and redesigned…

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October 20, 2021

Italy

Leonardo Da Vinci 3D. Immersive and Interactive Experience (Milan, Italy)

Leonardo Da Vinci 3D is a multisensory exhibition dedicated to life and secrets of the Renaissance genius. The futuristic spirit of Leonardo was brought to life by a high-tech multi-projection…

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January 20, 2022

Italy

Quarantined Italians singing from their balconies (Nationwide, Italy)

Millions of people around Italy have been singing from their balconies at 18.00 in an effort to keep up morale during the lockdown in March 2020. Background This flashmob was…

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January 20, 2022

Lithuania

Museum brought art to people’s homes (Vilnius, Lithuania)

When cultural life moved to a virtual space Lithuanian National Museum of Art together with the information partner Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LNRT) decided “to bring art to people’s…

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November 5, 2021

Welcome

Due to the corona crisis, almost all cultural heritage institutions have seen a huge decline in their visitor numbers. This concerns museums as well as galleries, archives, and libraries. How do we cope with this issue? How have others done, or tried?

CRISP offers an inventory of initiatives in the cultural heritage sector focusing on good practice. This research took place completely using online sources, but we have also interviewed those responsible. We were interested as much in practices that didn’t work as in those that did, as both will teach us important lessons going forward. We were especially – but by no means exclusively – interested in the experiences of adults that are facing economic, social, or health issues. Using four training activities, we discussed the outcome of our investigations and prepared conclusions.

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