Contemporary Dutch Museums in a Post-Covid Era

Abstract

During the current outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, museums around the world have been forced to close their doors. Yet, responding to Covid-19 is just one of the challenges they are currently facing. In the aftermath of unprecedented times, international museum leaders are facing numerous obstacles and innovations. The debate about their future has become increasingly heated (Herwitz, 2021;Szántó 2020). The aim of this research is to consider different developments in the museum world, with an emphasis on the developments in the Netherlands. Reconsidering the Traditional Role of MuseumsObservations and interviews with dozens of museum leaders in the USA, Middle East, and Europe between 2006-2021 have shaped researchers' varying views on the future of the museum. Several resources, including books, articles and online sources, newspaper clippings about heritage, and the museum's long-term work have surfaced. Szántó's (2020) six key areas regarding crucial developments in the museum world, as explained further below, have been used as a conceptual model.

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