VISITOR, PLEASE, COME… INITIAL REMARKS ON MUSEUM PUBLIC DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The issue of the return of the public to museums after the experience connected with the COVID-19 pandemic is discussed. Furthermore, the results of research related to participation in culture and public’s motivations focused on museum visitors is analysed. The activities undertaken by the institutions desiring to maintain communication with the public and wishing to enable them contact with museum exhibits despite the sanitary restrictions are presented. The authors have initially diagnosed the impact of the pandemic on the institutions’ relations with their public, pointing to both negative impacts and benefits, e.g., speeding of the digitizing process and extension of educational functions.