Introduction to &lt;i&gt;19 Live&lt;/i&gt;

Victoria Mills

doi:10.16995/ntn.4772

Abstract

This issue of 19 Live explores how four house museums have navigated the challenges and opportunities of curating the nineteenth century in lockdown.

Highlights

Introduction to19 Live Victoria MillsThis issue of 19 Live explores how four house museums have navigated the challenges and opportunities of curating the nineteenth century in lockdown
Giuseppe Albano, curator of the Keats-Shelley House, Rome, and regional coordinator (Lazio) for the Associazione Nazionale Case della Memoria, writes about how the museum responded to the devastating effects of lockdown in Italy by spearheading a remarkable range of digital initiatives, including online poetry workshops, the development of a panoramic tour, and a collaborative project to produce a computer-generated image of Keats’s face
Kirsty Archer-Thompson, collections and interpretation manager at Abbotsford, the early nineteenth-century home of Walter Scott, describes the challenges of scenario planning within the constantly shifting parameters of the last year, as well as the opportunities afforded by the house closure to develop new projects

Summary

Introduction

This issue of 19 Live explores how four house museums have navigated the challenges and opportunities of curating the nineteenth century in lockdown. Giuseppe Albano, curator of the Keats-Shelley House, Rome, and regional coordinator (Lazio) for the Associazione Nazionale Case della Memoria, writes about how the museum responded to the devastating effects of lockdown in Italy by spearheading a remarkable range of digital initiatives, including online poetry workshops, the development of a panoramic tour, and a collaborative project to produce a computer-generated image of Keats’s face.

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