All museums and museum-reserves to be gradually opened from today onwards

According to the decision of the Interagency Coordinating Council, museums and museum-reserves will gradually open to the public from June 20, - InterPressNews was notified by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport.

As the Ministry states, the process will be carried out in accordance with the rules. In the first phase, only the museums which meet the recommendations issued by the WHO and Ministry of IDPs, Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia will be allowed to open up.

"The International Council of Museums (ICOM), in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia and the Ministry of IDPs, Labor, Health and Social Affairs, issued a set of recommendations. A new protocol was created, according to which museums and museum-reserves will gradually open to visitors. Georgian museums and museum-reserves will receive visitors based on the developed recommendations and safety norms", - stated the Ministry.