Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, the director of Castello di Rivoli near Turin, says it is the museum’s “public duty,” as 60 million Italians have been placed under lockdown.
Christov-Bakargiev and her team have been scrambling to fast-track digitization of the museum by recording and editing new virtual tours for the Modern and contemporary art museum at the new virtual venue called “Digital Cosmos.”
The museum is also creating virtual tours aimed at children and parents stuck in their houses as schools and offices have shut down. “It is important for people’s state of mind,” Christov-Bakargiev tells Artnet News.
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