During the Covid-19 crisis, exceptional funding was urgently allocated to six projects, bringing together seventeen museums on both sides of the Atlantic, to encourage the development of online content.
LE FIGARO. - What are the differences in situation between museums on both sides of the Atlantic?
Marguerite D'APRILE QUIGLEY and Emilie VANHAESEBROUCKE. - French museums are relatively fortunate to be mainly public institutions, whose survival is not called into question by this crisis thanks to the support of the public authorities. It is quite different in the United States. They are mainly private and their diversity is very great. Many have laid off or laid off staff, including the Met and MoMA in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, which has put more than 300 staff on short work, or about 40% of his employees.
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