Culture In Quarantine, MuseumFromHome, BBC Arts, April 2020

The Deborah D51 World War One Tank research was invited by AHRC to take part in the BBC MuseumFromHome initiative all day online on Thursday 30 April 2020. The virtual museum (a BBC web page) was “open” from 10am – 5pm during the lockdown in the Covid-19 pandemic.

In late March, the BBC launched Culture In Quarantine across television, radio and online, to give the nation access to the arts at a time when it needed it the most. Providing access to shuttered exhibitions, performances and museums, a virtual book festival and much more. The BBC mission was to increase access to the arts, at a time when the buildings that support them are closed, and to support artists and arts organisations in the process.

As part of the event the film was on social media platforms and re tweeted by AHRC, BBC Arts and members of the public throughout the day.

MuseumFromHome was a whole day of broadcast and social media activity on Thursday 30 April delivered in partnership with Art Fund, National Museum Directors’ Council, the Museums Association and #MuseumFromHome. The ambition was: to ensure the public continued to have access to the collections and exhibitions they love.