Collecting Corona (Corona Sammeln)
Collecting Corona (Corona Sammeln)

Summary/Abstract: The Corona pandemic posed major challenges to the museum landscape. Not only because their presence was not accessible for a long period of time, but also because their social sig-nificance was re-located. „System relevance” was the characteristic that decided whether a museum was to be opened or closed in Germany. Many colleagues in cultural history mu-seums and collections took up this discussion constructively and used the opportunities to participate in social discourse, collection initiatives, and collegial cooperation. The article gives an overview of the ongoing process, the different theoretical and practical approaches and focuses on the example of the Baden State Museum in Karlsruhe as a cultural history museum with expertise in participatory contemporary projects.

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