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Although no sector of American life was left completely unmarred by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many museums (both large and small) found themselves in particularly difficult situations that many are just now beginning to recover from. Financial distress came from all sides for these organizations, regardless of how impressive their collections were; how much they engage with the communities they serve; or how carefully they had planned their 2020 budgets. According to a report compiled by The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies Nonprofit Economic Data Project, the nonprofit arts, entertainment, and recreation sector that museums are classified within lost more than 36 percent of its jobs between February and December 2020 – and being that this sector has employed the third largest workforce in the nation since 2017, the toll was enormous.

New yorkUnited statesMetropolitan museum of artWest virginiaJohnna mcenteeRandall throppJason crabillGeoffreyk flemingEmily votawBlanche lazzellMuseum of artJohns hopkins centerDecorative arts centerCivil society studies nonprofit economic dataHuntington museum of artOhio museums association