Museums, now talking about May 18 as the date of reopening (maybe)

There isstill no clarity on when museums in the so-called “Phase 2” coronavirus emergencywill reopen. Today, Cultural Heritage Minister Dario Franceschini, in an interview with La Repubblica, said that “in May, not from the 4th but later, those museums and archaeological sites that can meet the safety requirements indicated by the scientific committee will be able to reopen.”

So at the moment there is a lot of information missing from the roll call: what are the medical and health prescriptions indicated by the scientific and technical committee, which museums will be able to comply with them, in which regions they will open (if they will open on a regional basis and not on a national basis, of course), what is the exact date. Also this morning, some newspapers (the Corriere della Sera and the Messaggero in particular) go so far as to speculate May 18 as a hypothetical restart date for museums: perhaps an anticipation, perhaps even from reliable sources, but for now on museums and culture there is still total uncertainty.

This a fortiori applies to cinemas, theaters and concerts: “we are discussing with experts,” Franceschini said, “but the last will inevitably be the places where so many people should be in a limited space, indoors or outdoors. I would like to be clear, however, that no theater, no cinema, no artist, will be left alone. We started with the first extraordinary resources precisely from the most defenseless, those with the lowest incomes.” Still no certainty about dates, however.

Pictured: the grandstand of the Uffizi.

Museums, now talking about May 18 as the date of reopening (maybe)

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