After almost three months of lockdown, museums in Greece –as in many parts of the world– are opening up again to visitors on June 15. At the same time, the country is opening up to international tourism, expecting that many visitors will choose Greece as a safe destination.

As the museum community will welcome its local and international guests on premises again, we are all eager to share know-how and best practices on how to create safe environments for our staff and our visitors. Still, for the next months, and even for longer, we may also need to develop and implement hybrid programs, combining the physical with the digital.

In an effort to assess the lockdown experience of cultural professionals, and their concerns and needs for the future, we organised a web discussion with the Museum Professionals Network, our “Critical Friends.” Network members shared their concerns on the digital transformation of museum programming, its implications and sustainability, the covid-19 impact on projects and exhibition design within their physical spaces, and pointed out the need for digital literacy in museums and further professional networking. It is in our plans to continue the dialogue with a series of regular calls with the Museum Professionals Network, empowering the community and co-shaping the museum ecosystem.

The CoMuseum will explore all these issues and share best practices via its digital programming that will start this month and continue until we are ready to safely launch the 2020 conference. Below you will find details of the first event.

In the meantime, we wish you all best of luck in this re-opening phase, and in the new environment we will operate. We are here to get your questions and concerns, and find the best ways and experts to address them.

The CoMuseum team