COVID-19 Impact and Recovery in BC’s Museum, Heritage, and Cultural Sector
[For organizations]

As more and more British Columbians are fully vaccinated and we begin planning for a post-COVID world, data from your experiences and challenges will be essential in helping the BCMA and Heritage BC to effectively advocate for recovery funding and support. 


The data from this survey will be used anonymously. If you have any questions about this survey or its use, please email bcma@museum.bc.ca.
1.What kind of organization are you (check all that apply):
2.Please identify the focus of your organization (check all that apply):
3.What is your organization’s current annual operating budget?
4.Region of the organization?
5.How did the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affect your organization (please check all that apply)
6.Were there any ways that the COVID-19 pandemic positively impacted your organization?
7.In 2019 approximately what was your total annual attendance?
8.In 2020 approximately what was your total annual attendance?
9.Based on visitor rates to date, do you expect 2021 rates to be:
10.Was your organization’s revenue higher or lower in 2020 than in 2019?
11.Based on revenues to date, do you expect your revenue to be higher or lower in 2021 than 2020?
12.During the COVID-19 pandemic, which, if any, relief/recovery funds have you been able to access?
13.During the COVID-19 pandemic did you apply for relief/recovery funds and not receive funding? If so, which of the following:
14.Have you identified any gaps in pandemic relief/recovery funds/response programs? What would you like to see in future emergency relief funding programs?
15.If you laid off staff or reduced hours, when do you anticipate returning to full staffing capacity?
16.How long do you think it will take your organization to recover financially from the COVID-19 pandemic?
17.Is your organization under serious threat of closure/dissolution as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic?
18.In the event of a new wave of the pandemic and delayed reopenings (eg. an additional 6-9 months delay), will your organization be under serious threat of closure/dissolution?
19.If your organization was provided with a significant amount of unrestricted funds today (imagine an amount that would be significant to your organization given your operating budget), how would you use it?
20.Briefly describe what, if any, long-term changes are being made to your organization as the result of learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e. future board meetings will be held of Zoom).
21.Considering your organization as a whole, how successful was it in meeting the challenges brought on by the pandemic?
22.How successful was your board in meeting the challenges brought on by the pandemic?
23.How successful was your management team in meeting the challenges brought on by the pandemic?
24.What are the most pressing issues that you feel your organization needs to prioritize over the next year?
25.Looking ahead to the next year, what do you think is the biggest challenge our sector faces?