This year's Museum Night will have its 17th edition, and museums throughout Croatia will open their doors to visitors January 28, 2022 Last year Recall the event was held exclusively online, and similar conditions await us tomorrow. That is why this year's theme of the Museum Night is "Museums between the real and the digital".
Archaeological Museum Osijek
Cultural institutions have adapted to the "new normal" situation when a large part of the program takes place in controlled conditions and circumstances with mandatory Covid certificates, when the number of visitors to cultural events is significantly reduced, and group organized tourist visits to museum exhibitions are almost complete. missing in museum visitor statistics.
Most of the event moved to digital channels communication and transmission of content, which according to all analyzes has contributed to the wide availability of museum content. However, on the other hand, analyzes show that the immediate experience of the museum space, content, atmosphere and people is irreplaceable when it comes to the true experience. Therefore, in uncertain circumstances when it has become almost impossible to plan museum programs in the long run, it is important to continue the now beautiful tradition of this event.
The organizers therefore announce that they will be part of the program that has the conditions for that organized in real time and space and real visitors, in compliance with the prescribed epidemiological measures, and all programs will be available through digital channels. More information about the Museum Night 2022 event can be found at links.
Last year, in the sixteenth Museum Night, 188 museum, heritage, educational, scientific and religious institutions participated in their programs, for the first time through digital communication channels. Numerous live programs were also held, where possible and in accordance with epidemiological measures.
In recent years, this national event of Croatian museums, which began in 2005 with several Zagreb museums, was marked by a massive number of visits to museums, which exceeded the number of 300.000 visits during one night.
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