Shanghai Museum is the first museum in China to close The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, in Korea (MMCA), closes Louvre employees vote to stop working The Louvre reopens after employee crisis Italian museums close Cultural institutions in Austria and Poland are ordered to close New York museums announce closures Museums in Shanghai reopen The Louvre closes indefinitely Centre Pompidou in Paris closes until further notice Statement from ICOM President, Suay Aksoy Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent closes, and long-awaited Van Eyck exhibition is lost Small, rural museums in Brandenburg, Germany are allowed to reopen Partial reopening of the Palace Museum in China Texas museums are allowed to reopen The Royal Castle is the first museum to reopen in Poland Museum week is held online Institut Giacometti in Paris reopens First museums in Austria reopen International Museum Day Museums in Italy begin reopening Metropolitan Museum of Art delays its reopening Houston Museum of Fine Arts is the first major American museum to reopen ICOM and UNESCO release full report about museums and COVID-19