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Museums after the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the international museum community. UNESCO and ICCROM jointly organize the webinar 鈥淢useums after the Pandemic鈥.
The COVID-19 pandemic has confronted the international museum community with critical questions and decisions about the future of our museums. In order to successfully overcome ongoing and future challenges of a post-COVID-19 world, it will be crucial for museums to adapt and proactively demonstrate their value to society.
In order to address these critical issues, providing useful insights on ways forward to realize the full potential of museums as agents of transformation, UNESCO and ICCROM have joined forces to organize the webinar 鈥淢useums after the Pandemic鈥.
Speakers
UNESCO
Mr. Ernesto Ottone R., Assistant Director-General for Culture
Mr. Lazare Eloundou Assomo, Director of Culture and Emergencies
ICCROM
Mr. Webber Ndoro, Director-General
Ms. Valerie Magar, Unit Manager, Programmes
Panelists
Ms. Anne-Marie Afeiche, Director-General, General Council, Lebanon
Mr. Darko Babi膰, Chair of the Museology Sub-Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ms. Asma Ibrahim, Director of the Museum and Art Gallery Department for the State Bank of Pakistan
Mr. Fran莽ois Mairesse, Professor, Universit茅 Sorbonne Nouvelle, Cultural Economics and Museology, UNESCO Chair for the Study of Museums Diversity and its Evolution, France
Ms. Rooksana OMAR, Chief Executive Officer: Iziko Museums of South Africa
Ms. Natalie Urquhart, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands; President of the Museums Association of the Caribbean
* Registration is required.
