This Is What It’s Really Like to Keep a Museum Collection Safe Under Lockdown “It was like doing a continuous night shift.” The security, maintenance and caretaking staff of museums give a unique glimpse inside these rarefied spaces under lockdown. Words by Louise Benson “Museums are really important spaces of wellbeing. This is needed more now than ever before” “It has been really challenging in this period of not having visitors,” Gum Kenth, manager at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, tells me. She was on furlough when Moody invited her to take part in the project, and has been since March. Currently, the museum remains closed with no firm date still for reopening. “We’re there for people to learn and engage, and to tell the story of Birmingham.