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Abstract
The health crisis of the years 2020 and 2021 will remain deeply engraved in everyone's memory. In France, the world of museums has been strongly impacted in its activities, its cultural programming and the reception by its audiences. However, direct employment in public sector museums has certainly been less affected than in other countries. Indirect jobs have been much more affected. The same applies to the other sectors of the cultural economy: for example, intermittent workers in the entertainment industry.
During the two lockdowns and successive curfews, the museums adapted. They made unprecedented use of video conferencing platforms to hold their administrative, professional and scientific meetings. In addition, the number of participants for these conferences was often higher than the usual number in face-to-face meetings. Reopening procedures were subject to protocols defined by the government and, for the French cultural administration, have been an opportunity to involve professional associations more strongly in the decision-making process concerning the world of museums.
During the closure periods, new technologies and websites were used to virtually show museums and exhibitions. I will speak here of the example of the Cnam (PICST). The use of digital technology stimulated by the health crisis may have a longer-term impact because of new information technologies in cultural institutions.
Within the framework of safeguarding contemporary scientific and technical heritage, new themes of purpose for collecting objects related to COVID are evoked in several French regions and will be the subject of study days during 2021. These themes will remain as an important topic in future prospects of the Patstec Mission (CNAM-PIC)
COVID-19 is having an impact on most sectors of activity. In France, as in other countries, studies are currently underway within the cultural world, conducted by ministries and professional associations (AGCCPF, FEMS, ICOM...). At the national level, the implementation of a "recovery plan" for culture aims to limit the consequences of the pandemic on employment. As far as heritage in particular is concerned, the importance of public intervention is a delaying factor. It is clearly too early to make a satisfactory estimate for the longer term.