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Museums must not be overlooked in pandemic recovery, UNESCO chief warns

Faced with alarming and extended closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s museums are of “fundamental importance” to reviving cultural life and preserving our shared heritage “in all its diversity”, said the UN cultural agency chief on Tuesday.  

Covid-19 crisis closes 90 percent of museums globally, UNESCO plans for reopenings

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally, museums have not been spared, the UN cultural agency said on Monday, International Museum Day, revealing that nearly 90 per cent of the treasured cultural institutions have had to close their doors, while almost 13 per cent are under serious threat of never reopening.

Peace museums provide a “discourse of caring”: genocide expert

War museums will “continue to predominate” but peace museums can “give daylight” to stories that are often hidden, an expert on genocide says.

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