Reopening

When will museums’ missing visitors return?

Footfall levels are taking time to recover but museums are finding new ways to lure the public back in through the doors

Florence Nightingale Museum to fully reopen after pandemic shutdown

Fundraising efforts have helped secure museum’s future two years after Covid forced it to close indefinitely

People’s Palace in Glasgow reopens to public

Social history venue open seven days a week for the first time since pandemic began

Vagina Museum finds new premises

The museum will reopen in Bethnal Green next month

The Burrell Collection to reopen in March 2022

Refurbishment will boost gallery space by 35%

Museums plan cautious approach as Covid restrictions ease

Stakeholders say venues may want to ‘retain some measures’ to ensure safety

Petersfield Museum reopens in the South Downs

£4m redevelopment included converting Victorian police station

Majority of Scotland’s museums plan to reopen this year

Survey finds that 75% of museums will have opened their doors by August

Northern Ireland prepares to go #BackToMuseums

Venues across the nation will begin reopening from Monday

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The pandemic is an opportunity for museums to reinvent themselves

There will be fewer big exhibitions and more focus on existing collections, says Charles Saumerez Smith

Profile | Art for the people

The director of the National Gallery, Gabriele Finaldi, shares his vision as he looks forward to welcoming the public back after lockdown

Mayor of London announces domestic tourism campaign

Sadiq Khan allocates £6m to getting visitors and residents back to the city