The conservation team at the Natural History Museum clean Hope, a blue whale skeleton during preparations to reopen, after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused its closure, in London, Britain July 27, 2020.
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Dusting off the past: London’s Natural History Museum prepares to reopen after Covid-19 lockdown

London’s Natural History Museum is dusting off the blue whale that soars above its central corridor, its dinosaur skeletons and hundreds of different reveals in preparation for re-opening subsequent month after COVID-19 compelled its closure in March.

Museum Director Michael Dixon stated workers had made the museum, which normally attracts about 5 million guests a yr, secure for the restricted numbers it could possibly accommodate with social distancing measures.

“We want to the museum to look at its fabulous best – this great cathedral to nature,” he instructed Reuters.

A conservation workforce member on the Natural History Museum cleans a giraffe throughout preparations to reopen, after the outbreak of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) induced its closure, in London, Britain July 27, 2020.
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“As you can see behind me, Hope the whale is getting her annual dusting, we have brought that forward this year, and she will look her magnificent best on the fifth of August when we re-open to the public.”

The museum, which has been based mostly in South Kensington since 1881, shut its doorways on March 17, six days earlier than British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a nationwide lockdown.

Dixon stated the closure had hit the world-renowned analysis centre’s funds, each by means of the lack of donations and the cancellation of occasions.

The conservation workforce on the Natural History Museum clear Hope, a blue whale skeleton throughout preparations to reopen, after the outbreak of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) induced its closure, in London, Britain July 27, 2020.
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The museum would obtain assist from the federal government’s 1.57 billion pound ($2 billion) bundle for the cultural sector, he stated, however it could not be commercially viable long run except customer numbers might be elevated above the 20% capability social distancing allowed.

However, those that do have a ticket is not going to must jostle with the same old crowds to see the most well-liked reveals.

“When people visit the museum over the next few months they are going to get a fantastic VIP experience because they will be able to see things without so many people around them, and I think that will be a wonderful experience for many, many people,” he stated.

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