The purpose of this article is to describe the possible futures of French museums up to 2030.
To do this we rely on a Delphi study that took place between late 2017 and early 2018 with …

This paper addresses visions for the future of museums prior to the outbreak of Covid-19.
Aiming to assess whether the societal shifts triggered by the pandemic have caused …

The paper aims to contribute to the debate on urban renewal, departing from the so-called
Bilbao effect. Focusing on the resurgence of a societal function of cultural heritage, we …

Even if crises have the capacity to reveal the structural problems that underlie the various
components of social systems, little systematic knowledge exists on how museums respond …

The traditional mission of a museum is essentially cultural. This is not so for all museums,
however. There are a minority, although universally famous museums, such as the Tate …

The technological shift of museums is extensively documented, even if research on the
impact of technologies on cultural practices and social patterns at large is still lacking. As …

Museums depend on two factors to achieve their educational and cultural missions:
heritage/collections and audience. In the past decades the role of museums in society, as …

As museums worldwide were forced to close in 2020, the overall attendance of the world's
100 most-visited art museums dramatically dropped by 77% in 2020—from 230 million in …

Towards a «new normal» in post COVID-19 museums: Which part for the digital? The
COVID-19 pandemic has forced, among the others, the onsite closure of museums and …

Challenged by market pressures and enduring funding constraints, museums are actually
asked to reassess their traditional role of heritage custodians, rather becoming “more …