Endgame for the first permanent video game museum, the Pixel Museum. Located in Schiltigheim near Strasbourg, the very first permanent museum of its kind in France closes its doors after three years of "success in terms of attendance and public plebiscite" according to its director (and great collector) Jérôme Hatton.
A private museum victim of the coronavirus crisis? Not only. Still according to its director, he was "weighed down in particular by too high a rent". Management also points to the lack of support from communities. However, in three years, the museum has welcomed more than 75,000 visitors, organized more than 60 events and three permanent jobs have been created.
Covid-19 and overpriced rent
"The inappropriate rent, the lack of support from communities, a configuration that does not allow development and the impossibility of welcoming the public in conditions of health security, lead to a permanent closure", deplores in a press release Jérôme Hatton. "The situation was already complicated," says Mathieu Bernhardt, communications manager for the Pixel Museum.
As a reminder, “the museum of video games, connected leisure and video game art” presented more than 40 years of “10th art” history. Through the various thematic rooms, visitors could observe more than 20,000 objects and play video games.
Passionate about gaming for over twenty years, Jérôme Hatton and his team hope that "the adventure does not end like this" and wish to be able to share this heritage "again quickly with the public. "
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