Collecting COVID-19 at National Museums Scotland

Laurenson, Sarah; Robertson, Calum; Goggins, Sophie

doi:10.29311/mas.v18i3.3519

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“…While a number of American museums have begun small collections and associated exhibitions (Budds, 2021 ), no formal collections policies have been published in the literature. The closest is a paper on the systematic collection which is being assembled by Museums Scotland, with a collections plan that “is divided into six main areas: public health, hospitals and treatment; politics; economy; tourism; education; and everyday life” (Laurenson et al., 2020 ).…”

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Curating the Contemporary: A Case for National and Local COVID‐19 Collections

Spennemann¹

2021

Curator The Museum Journal

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With its rapid spread, intensity, duration, global geographic reach and cross‐sectorial disruption, the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic is so profound that it will become the focus of public exhibitions in the future. Now is the time is to collect examples of material culture associated with COVID‐19. Some of the material is generic to healthcare, but some is specific to responses to COVID‐19 in the medical and community sphere (e.g. social distancing). A substantive number of objects only exist in the digital sphere. Expanding on concepts initially developed for the collection of items associated with natural disasters and terrorist events, this paper (i) outlines the need for the establishment of local and national collections before items become too scarce and (ii) provides a sample multi‐phase collections and collections management framework.

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Curating the Contemporary: A Case for National and Local COVID‐19 Collections

Spennemann¹

2021

Curator The Museum Journal

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“…To date, little consideration has been given to the heritage of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the curatorial sphere, some museums have begun to collect items in their remit [31][32][33], with one paper positing that the social and economic impact of COVID-19 will be the focus of public exhibitions in the future and examining what material culture and other 'artefacts' should be collected now in order to provide future curators with a choice of items to display and interpret [34] and also a study documenting and detailing Australian examples of COVID-19-related material culture [8].…”

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COVID-19 on the Ground: Managing the Heritage Sites of a Pandemic

Spennemann

2021

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The standard methodology for the assessment of cultural heritage significance relies on hindsight, with a passage of time elapsed between the creation of the site or object and its assessment. There are, however, cases where heritage significance is instant (e.g., sites associated with the first Moon landing). This paper argues that hindsight will not be required to determine that the COVID-19 pandemic will come to be considered as a significant historic event, as COVID-19 has already manifested itself as a social, cultural and economic disruptor on a global scale with a mortality in the millions. Heritage professionals have the unique opportunity to assess and document places and structures associated with the pandemic, that are poised to be worthy of a heritage listing in the near future, while they are still in use and function as intended. This paper discusses the nature of the sites and structures and explores possible management approaches to safeguard evidence of the pandemic for future generations.

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Introduction: Unlocking Memory Studies: Understanding Collective Remembrance During and of Covid-19

Fridman,

Gensburger

2023

Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies

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Collecting COVID-19 at National Museums Scotland

Cited by 5 publications

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Curating the Contemporary: A Case for National and Local COVID‐19 Collections

Curating the Contemporary: A Case for National and Local COVID‐19 Collections

COVID-19 on the Ground: Managing the Heritage Sites of a Pandemic

Introduction: Unlocking Memory Studies: Understanding Collective Remembrance During and of Covid-19

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