In the last few years at global conferences, we’ve been talking about how a museum can’t just be a building where people come and have an experience. Covid-19 is the opportunity to see how we can get closer to more families.

Cathalina Sanchez-Escobar, director of House of Memory Museum, Medellín

To read more about their inspiring work see:

• The ICOM Voices article ‘Community Engagement during Covid 19’, by Isabel Dapena and Armando Perla: https://icom.museum/en/news/community-engagement-during-covid-19-at-the-house-of-memory-museum-medellin/
• The interview to the Museum’s director: https://www.citymonitor.ai/analysis/in-medellin-a-museum-takes-an-essential-role-in-the-citys-pandemic-response/

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