I think that's a reality that we're all going to have to face, to be honest.
I think a natural progression for those that can find the means and the support to move forward and grow organizations versus those who started from a great place but just can't take it to the next level is that inevitably some museums will close. It's not what we want to see by any means, but I think that's the reality, given the pressures facing museums.
That puts on pressure to make sure that other museums are then taking on the mandate of those museums and ensuring that their collections are cared for and preserved and that their stories are told and interpreted.
What we're seeing is that a lot of grassroots community museums are suffering. Some of the larger institutions within their region might have to have that dialogue with them, but it's a huge process of thinking about deaccessioning works or artifacts from their collections and offering them back to their original donors, if they can even find them, and then looking at how best to create a collection management strategy for this foreign collection that might be coming in to some museum.
Yes, I think this may be the reality, but it's not a great one. What we would all like to see is sustainable funding that allows even the smaller organizations, which have such unique stories to tell, to survive too.