via The Manila Times, 22 October 2021: The Asean Museum Congress begins today.
The National Museum of the Philippines is hosting the Asean Museum Congress 2021, an online international conference of museum professionals and heritage stakeholders to be held from October 26 to 28.
With the theme “Museum Interpretation in Times of Disaster: Museum Education, Exhibitions and Public Programs in the New Normal,” the congress aims to provide museum professionals and heritage practitioners from across Asean member states to share and learn best practices in museum management, particularly on museum interpretation in Covid-19 and post-Covid-19 setting.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has a wider and far reaching impact to museums globally. It led to temporary closures of museums and heritage sites. The arts and tourism sectors that relied heavily on tourism were also paralyzed and its stakeholders have been worst hit by the pandemic,” said Director-General Jeremy Barns of the National Museum.
Source: Philippines to host Asean Museum Congress 2021 in October | The Manila Times
