COVID-19 catalysing change for museums: Don Wildman

New Delhi, Aug 30 History enthusiast and American adventurer Don Wildman says the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is adding fuel to the "fire of change" that was already going on for museums around the world. With a strong focus on going digital even pre-COVID, museums will now have to work harder on stitching together a whole experiential story for their audiences, he feels.

"Because of digital technology, the public experience of museums has been changing for years. There has been a massive urgency for the museums in America - I am sure it true for India as well - of how to attract younger audiences, how to make young people interested in coming and seeing a bricks-and-mortar museum which is an old fashioned idea. Not for me I loved museums all my life and that is certainly true for a lot of people.

( With inputs from IANS )