Ministry for Culture & Heritage COVID funding
The cross-sector Arts & Culture COVID Recovery Programme has a number of streams that are available to assist the arts and culture sector
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture & Heritage website
Relevant Aotearoa websites
Links to COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) advice and resources on Aotearoa websites.
- Manatū Taonga, Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- Ministry of Health Manatū Hauora
- Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
- Work and Income He Hiranga Tangata
- Tourism Industry Aotearoa
- Go with Tourism
- Mental Health Foundation Mauri Tū, Maori Ora
- Charity Services Ngā Ratonga Kaupapa Atawhai
- DIA Local Government COVID-19 Response Unit (including analysis of financial implications)
- Creative New Zealand
- CERT NZ guidance on COVID-19 related scams
- SiteSafe Te Kaitiaki o Haumaru
- NZ government advice on face coverings is currently being updated.
- Regional Business Partner Network
- Government information on what the alert levels mean
Overseas resources
- Caring for Heritage Collections During the COVID-19 Pandemic version 2 - Government of Canada
- Preparing for re-opening - American Alliance of Museums
- Tools for identifying risks, monitoring Impacts, assessing needs - International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
- When will audiences be ready to return to museums? Infographic - Wilken Consulting
- Closed by COVID-19 - Checklist for GLAMs and Historical and Heritage Sites - Blue Shield Australia and AICCM
- Workplace information - American Alliance of Museums
- Ethics of contemporary collecting - UK Museums Association
- Coronavirus Conversations - zoom videos from UK Museums Association
- Public Health Emergencies (including collection care) - COSTEP MA (USA)
- Resources pages - American Alliance of Museums
- Museum distance learning - American Alliance of Museums
- Cuseum webinars on museum topics - Cuseum
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic - World Health Organisation
- Disinfecting cultural resources technical guidance - National Center for Technology Preservation and Training (USA)
- National Museum Directors Council (UK) has published this updated Museum Guidance v1.8, which differentiates between face covering and PPE.
- UK government advice on face coverings: when to wear one and how to make your own.
Advocacy
We are actively advocating for the museum and gallery sector as we face the impact of the pandemic on revenue and budgets as well as activities.
- Regular meetings being held with Manatū Taonga, Ministry for Culture & Heritage officials (currently weekly)
- Letter to Ministers for Arts, Culture & Heritage (12 June 2020) and Response from PM Jacinda Ardern (21 July 2020)
- Surveys gathering data on level of pandemic impact to support call for financial assistance and targeting funds
Subscribe to resourcing updates - Manatū Taonga, Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Impact on the sector
Reports on the impacts of COVID-19 on the museum, gallery and heritage sector.
- Local Government Sector COVID-19 Financial Implications Report 1 Initial Analysis - DIA website (PDF, 1MB)
- Local Government Sector COVID-19 Financial Implications Report 2 – Alert Level Scenarios, Assumptions and Updated Analysis - DIA website (PDF, 953KB)
- Impact of Covid-19 on the Arts and Creative Sector
Funding
You can read about the government's COVID-19 economic response package on the Treasury website.
For funds specific to the museums, gallery and heritage sector see our funding and grants page.
Where available, YouTube videos of these events are available in our publications and resources library.
Find more content
Find all content from the Museums Aotearoa website tagged in relation to COVID-19
See our archived website with COVID-19 information during the crisis