Post by Owen on Sept 7, 2020 16:05:53 GMT
1 ~~~ Inside the First Major Art Museum to Reopen in the U.S. ~ Conde Nast ~~~
www.cntraveler.com/story/inside-the-first-major-art-museum-to-reopen-in-the-us ~ 2 September 2020 ~
“This happens to be the perfect time to visit a museum, because it's not crowded. You can spend all the time you want with your favorite works of art."
Gary Tinterow is the director of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. MFAH closed its doors in mid-March to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but reopened to the public two months later—the first major art museum in the country to do so. Now, the museum is on track to unveil a $450 million campus expansion and redevelopment in November. We caught up with Tinterow to find out how his job has changed amid the pandemic, and what the future holds for museums like his.
Within a week of closing, we pivoted to delivering content online. We were retrofitting assets we had already taped—lectures, tours, or video features made in years past—as a way to stay in touch with our community, our members, and our staff. A few weeks after that, we were creating new, original content for those virtual experiences.
www.cntraveler.com/story/inside-the-first-major-art-museum-to-reopen-in-the-us ~ 2 September 2020 ~