At the Louvre Museum, in Paris, during the 2013 edition of the European Night of Museums. - GUILLAUME BAPTISTE / AFP

The days follow one another and the postponements of events too. The Ministry of Culture announced on Tuesday that the 2020 edition of the European Night of Museums, to be held on May 16, has been postponed to November 14.

A decision taken with regard to the health situation in France and in the world, as well as due to "the lack of visibility on the way out of the crisis in all the European countries concerned", explains the ministry in a press release.

3,200 museums in thirty countries

This fall date "will not only include in the programming of the events of the national operation" The class, the work! " but also to all participating museums to adjust their entertainment programs designed specifically for the event, ”continues the text sent to the media.

Last year, 1,200 museums in France and 3,200 in total, distributed in around thirty countries, took part in the 2019 edition.

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