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Bay Area Museums Struggling Under Long Pandemic Closures

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2726 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

More than 30 California legislators sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom this week, urging him to allow museums to reopen indoors in the state. Nationwide more than 70% of museums are open in some capacity, according to the American Alliance of Museums, but, except for a short period starting in October, museums in California have remained closed throughout the pandemic. We'el talk with a panel of Bay Area museum directors about how they are surviving and adapting in the covid era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Scott Schaefer.

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As we approach the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdown, museums throughout California

1:20.3

are more than a little eager to reopen.

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More than 30 legislators agree they wrote to Governor Gavin Newsom this week urging him to allow

1:28.4

museums to reopen at reduced capacity. The pandemic is costing museums millions of dollars

1:34.7

in lost revenue and all of us lose the value they contribute to our communities, including

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a respite from what's happening around us. We'll talk with museum directors about how they're

1:44.7

coping and adapting in the pandemic. That's all ahead on forum right after this news.

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From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Scott Schaefer.

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And as you may have heard, longtime forum host Michael Krasny has retired.

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Mina Kim has been named the permanent host of the statewide 10 to 11 a.m. hour.

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And eventually we'll find a permanent new host for the 9 o'clock.

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But for now, we'll be bringing you lots of different voices and perspectives in this first hour, as we're about to do right

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