Museums by operational status North America 2021| ��ƽ��

Distribution of museums in North America as of May 2020, October 2020, and May 2021, by operational status

Characteristic	Open	Open/closed on a voluntary basis	Open/closed on a local basis	Closed	Other
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Release date

July 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April 7 to May 7, 2020; September 7 to October 7, 2020; April 15 to May 29, 2021

Number of respondents

approx. 70*

Special properties

museum employees and governance

Supplementary notes

*The source specifies that the May 2021 survey was based on around 840 responses. The sample size for North America was calculated by ��ƽ�� based on the information provided by the source (respondents from North America = 8.3 percent of the total sample).
Survey count for May 2020 = approximately 320 (North America = 20 percent of around 1,600 total responses)
Survey count for October 2020 = approximately 82 (North America = 9.1 percent of around 900 responses).

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic posed unprecedented challenges for museums in North America in 2020 and 2021, with institutions having to close for long periods to limit the spread of the virus. According to a study released shortly after the pandemic's outbreak, nearly ** percent of museums reported being closed as of ***. While this scenario improved significantly over the following months, around ** percent of museums were still closed to the public in ***. As of that month, only ** percent of surveyed North American museums were open as usual, whereas ** percent claimed to be either open or closed on a local basis.