It will help staff increase production. MOSI is donating face shields for free to Moffitt Cancer Center. It will ask those who can work from home to do so, and those who can’t “will still be compensated according to their regular working schedule and rate for the two-week period," its statement said. Sir Michael Marmot, Director of the Institute of Health Equity at University College London, talks to Science Director Roger Highfield about why some communities are at higher risk of COVID-19. The museum also had a request to make face shields for the Tampa Museum of Art. Bridget Coughlin, president and CEO of the lakefront institution, said in the statement, "We have a responsibility to communities, schoolchildren, staff, volunteers and more to do our part to help protect the public’s health by temporarily supporting the effort for social distancing. It is postponing or canceling all events at the space museum through May 1. Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum said it will close for 30 days beginning Saturday. In addition to their meal, tourists told WBEZ they had plans like visiting the Museum of Science and Industry and the Wrigleyville neighborhood. "We thought it would be our responsibility almost in helping out the community to start producing these and see where we could give them to help support first responders and the medical industry," said Rob Lamke, Chief Operating Officer at MOSI.Currently, staff is working from home and producing face shields. "Some of it gets contaminated, some of it breaks, some of it gets lost so if we can have a vast supply of these elements, it's just going to strategically better position our community." Roger Highfield, Science Director, describes the science behind reopening. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is closed for a deep clean today after learning that a weekend guest was exposed to a person who tested positive for COVID-19. Typically, the museum would see up to 1,000 visitors a day. "They want to bring back staff as soon as they can and want to best protect their staff working together," said Lamke.The Hillsborough County School District donated 3D printers to MOSI this week. MSI, which welcomed almost 1.4 million visitors last year, said it will close beginning Saturday through April 6 in order to help minimize the spread of COVID-19. Earlier in the day, Shedd Aquarium, one of Chicago’s leading attractions, said it will close for at least two weeks beginning Friday afternoon “in support of city and statewide preventative measures to limit the additional spread and transmission of the novel coronavirus." In the early evening Friday, the MCA, National Museum of Mexican Art, Illinois Holocaust Museum, Chicago Architecture Center and DuSable Museum of African American History all announced that they too would begin temporary closures beginning Saturday and lasting until at least March 29. Coronavirus: Why minority ethnic groups suffer more. “We are closed to the public starting at 3:30 p.m. (Friday) through March 29,” says the aquarium’s homepage.
The available data indicate that taking early and decisive steps to reduce group interactions is critical to controlling the spread of the virus.” MSI has also canceled all public programs and events through April 6 and “has developed an operational plan which will allow MSI to reopen safely and responsibly while creating provisions to support hourly and salaried staff during the closure, including continuation of health benefits." TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) is making face shields during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Anything we can produce is potentially anything that can be stockpiled and we do know with some of the 3D elements for personal protective equipment," said Lamke.
Tomorrow (28th July), Locomotion will be our first of our five museums to open its doors to visitors. TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) is making face shields during the COVID-19 pandemic.Museum staff heard about a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders and healthcare workers. We plan to reopen the museum on Saturday, March 28,” said a museum statement. LEARN MORE. After careful consideration of the current COVID-19 situation in Franklin County, COSI has made the very difficult … The museum has provided educational tools on "It's just an additional way to engage the community and share our mission which is STEAM and STEM based education," said Lamke. COSI Reopening Delay. MSI CEO David Mosena said in a statement, “As an institution rooted in science, we are proactively taking this step based upon the facts. COSI named Best Science Museum in the Nation! “We had this trip planned long before all of this stuff, so we weren’t going to back out of it just because of an order that’s unenforceable," said an unnamed man visiting from Kansas. Chicago Humanities Festival is postponing, canceling or looking to move online its slate of Spring events scheduled through May 1. Adler said its closure will begin Saturday and last “until further notice.” Field’s closure begins Saturday and is listed as lasting through March 29. Lamke said the museum wants to reopen as soon as possible, but no exact date was given. The Museums Association (MA) is among the museum stakeholders that met the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport this week to outline the impact that the novel coronavirus pandemic is likely to have on the museum, gallery and heritage sectors. The spread of Covid-19 has already hit visitor numbers and income. Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry is making face shields using its 3D printers.