The coronavirus emergency has plunged the museum, gallery and heritage sectors into huge financial uncertainty. The high fixed costs of caring for collections, historic buildings and monuments mean it is difficult for museums to scale back budgets, while visitor revenue and other key sources of earned income have been entirely wiped out during the busiest seasons of the year.
Financial aid for museums: what's been announced so far?
Museums Association,
03 April 2020, United Kingdom
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