Museums are set to reopen soon, but there will still be people who can’t visit. We should take the collections to them instead• Elinor Morgan is head of programme at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern ArtI still wake up and think about my day ahead at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA); the journey in through the incredible landscape of the Tees Valley, colossal industrial structures abutting wild wetlands and green spaces. The feeling of light as you enter MIMA’s glass atrium, the galleries with artist Otobong Nkanga’s searingly beautiful tapestries and paintings, and the hubbub of conversation. And then I realise I am not going anywhere. I’ll be at home, looking at my computer all day.Like others, my colleagues and I have been watching developments around the easing of lockdown carefully. Reopening is a complex process, and we will reopen only when we are confident we can operate in a safe environment: but it will inevitably be different from before. Continue reading…
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