Lessons from SARS: Emerging from Crisis AAM Webinar Summary

Our Vice-President of Member Engagement, Karen Daly, shares a recent webinar held by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) about how Canadian museums dealt with recovery during a 2004 SARS outbreak. This program was offered in hopes of providing suggested steps of how US museums might approach recovery processes following the COVID-19 outbreak.  

Lessons from SARS: Emerging from Crisis AAM Webinar Summary
Featuring: Julie Bowen, Lesley Lewis, and Jennifer Martin of the Ontario Science Center
April 22, 2020

Summary compiled by Samantha Hatton and Jerry Foust, Dumbarton House-NSCDA

Thank you to AAM for offering this program!

Visit their COVID resources page

Articles of Interest:

• Thinking about Re-entry to Cultural Sites after the Virus
  
• Following Coronavirus Closures, Museums in Germany and Austria Plan Reopenings
• Berlin Museums Just Got the Green Light to Reopen in Early May. Here’s How They Are Working to Make It Safe
• How Museums in China Are Reopening Post Covid-19