As recalled in the press service of the Department, from 16 to 17 may, more than 50 Moscow museums and galleries took part in a city-wide cultural-educational action “Night at the Museum-2020”. For the first time in history the event was held online, in connection with the regime of self-isolation. The total number of visitors exceeded 849 thousand. For comparison, in 2019, the event was attended by 529 329. This growth, according to the Department, is associated with the expansion of the audience. After all, look at the online events and exhibitions were not only Muscovites and guests of the city, but the inhabitants of other regions and even countries.
– During the action “Night of museums-2020” in the virtual directory of the online platform “Museum of Moscow” was available 397 virtual exhibitions and 47,000 exhibits, says the Minister of Moscow government, head of the Department of cultural heritage Alexander Kibovsky. – In this format, we were prepared thanks to the Moscow museums to work in remote mode is not something special – it is the everyday practice of the world level.
the Most popular Museum of the event was the Memorial Museum of cosmonautics. One of his online activities – “60s: our space kvartirnik” – was attended by 114 186 people, and an online battle of “Space vs fiction” was attended by 108 332 of the user.
