Reopen Our Museums, say the French!

February 8 2021

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

There has been growing pressure on the French Government from cultural institutions and art lovers to reopen museums in France.

The recent reopening of museums in Italy and Spain have been cited by many in the country as a prime example of where France should follow, calling the most recent lockdown a 'cultural and learning winter'. The administrators of the Louvre too have been keen to point out that everything is ready to let the public back in. In the most recent intervention, twelve directors from public theatres have called for their reopening too.

Update - In a recent article Fabrice Bousteu, editor-in-chief of Beaux-Arts Magazine has said "The sanitary conditions in a museum are much better than in a department store or in public transport ", because " you do not touch anyone " and " there are extremely controlled gauges."

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