13%博物館可能永久關閉

13% Museums may never reopen
13%博物館可能永久關閉

Nearly 13% of the museums around the world may never reopen due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN's cultural agency has warned.
聯合國教科文組織警告稱，因新冠疫情大流行，全球近13%的博物館可能永久關閉。

On the occasion of International Museum Day on Monday, two studies by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Council of Museums said that museums have been especially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly 90% of them, or more than 85,000 institutions, having closed their doors for varying lengths of time during the crisis.
18日是國際博物館日，聯合國教科文組織和國際博物館協會的兩項研究顯示，博物館受到新冠疫情的影響尤爲嚴重。疫情危機期間，超過8.5萬家博物館不同程度閉館，佔到全球博物館總數的近90%。

Furthermore, in Africa and the Small Island Developing States, only 5% of museums were able to offer online content to their audiences.
此外，在非洲和小島嶼發展中國家，只有5%的博物館能夠向其受衆提供在線內容。

The two studies were aimed at assessing the impact of COVID-19 on museums and museum institutions. They were also aiming to find out how the sector had adapted to the pandemic and explore ways to support institutions in its aftermath.
這兩項研究旨在評估新冠疫情對博物館和博物館機構的影響，調研該行業該如何適應疫情，並探討疫情過後支持博物館機構的方式。