Culture
Effects of Covid-19 on Museums and Culture
A new reality rises, a new identity is shaped
by Aggeliki Patakiouti
The article talks about tangible and intangible cultural heritage, taking into account the
global coronavirus pandemic and its impact on culture. How did the Covid-19 influence civilization? Did the inclusion mean a cessation of expression? Did the pandemic push museums into a new era of information digitization?
Museum of Reina Sofia Madrid. Trilogia Marroqui 1950-2020
© Aggeliki Patakiouti
Under the pandemic control
Cultural heritage, according to UNESCO, includes three categories of heritage. The first is Tangible culture, such as monuments, buildings, archeological sites, books, works of art, and art objects. The second is Intangible cul-
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tures, such as oral traditions, customs, folklore, the arts, language, way of life, and values, and the third is Natural heritage, such as natural sites with cultural aspects, ie cultural landscapes, and natural, biological or geological formations.
