London s Science Museum and Turin s Castello di Rivoli are just some of the museums that will be used as vaccine hubs
Museums worldwide, which are currently closed due to coronavirus restrictions, are doubling up as Covid-19 vaccine centres. In England, London s Science Museum is expected to open up for vaccinations, as is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, while the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds has been vaccinating patients since December last year. In Italy, the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art outside Turin will become the first gallery in the country to be used as a vaccine centre.
A number of shuttered arts institutions around the world have found a second calling as Covid-19 vaccination centers, the Art Newspaper reports. Among them are London’s Science Museum and the Black Country Living Museum (BLCM) in Dudley, UK. The Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds, UK, perhaps unsurprisingly, beat both of them to the punch, offering its gallery space for vaccinations back in December; it should be noted that the Thackray is conveniently located next door to St. James’s Hospital. In Italy, Turin’s Castello di Rivoli will partner with city health officials to offer vaccinations
Courtesy Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin.
The Castello di Rivoli has offered up its galleries to help the vaccination effort in Italy. The Turin museum will be the first cultural venue to transform itself into a vaccination center for the public.
The pilot program will begin in March or April, depending on the timeline of the rollout of the vaccine for medical workers and in-patient elderly folk, who will be vaccinated first.
Museum director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev says in a statement that the museum is “well-equipped” for the initiative with the space needed to maintain social distancing. Climate-control, security, and timed entry protocols are also already in place, all of which are essential to smoothly running vaccine center. “Our friendly museum guides are well-trained in monitoring the public,” Christov-Bakargiev adds.
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TJ Boulting
Location: Fitzrovia, London
Exterior view of TJ Boulting gallery, which was previously home to furnishing ironmongers TJ Boulting & Sons
Originally founded in 1808, furnishing ironmongers TJ Boulting & Sons were responsible for the manufacture of range and stoves alongside gas, electrical, sanitary and hot water engineering. Sited on a corner in the heart of Fitzrovia, its Arts and Crafts building is still inscribed with the original Art Nouveau letterin