Prairie State Museums Project
In partnership with local media journalism across Illinois, this project elevates the stories of “Prairie State” museums and their inherent community and economic value as they face the COVID crisis. #PrairieStateMuseums
01/03/2021
Take a look at the results of Prairie State Museums Project + Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
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Partnering in a Pandemic: Prairie State Museums Project and Local Journalism The Prairie State Museums Project is a collaborative museum project involving journalists and museums across the American State of Illinois.
14/09/2020
How to navigate and think creatively about museum programming during the pandemic?
Read about how the The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture and the National Museum of Mexican Art reimagined their summer programs to be responsive to their communities.
Read the full story as reported in the South Side Weekly by Olivia Cunningham:
Chicago’s Mexican and Puerto Rican museums host a digital summer during COVID-19 – South Side Weekly Leer en español hen cultural institutions across the nation were forced to close in March due to COVID-19, digital programming became the go-to strategy for maintaining their missions and goals. Two of Chicago’s community museums located in public parks, the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA) ...