Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment shuts down due to COVID-19

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Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment shuts down due to COVID-19
August 28, 2020
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...ital-entertainment-shuts-down-due-to-covid-19

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, based in Oakland, California, is set to close its doors, with uncertainty ahead about whether it'll ever be able to reopen.

Founder and director Alex Handy said in an interview with GamesBeat that the group managing the museum couldn't reach an agreement on rent for the place during the COVID-19 crisis.
The MADE is managed by a non-profit organisation and located on Broadway Street. 80% of its budget comes from admissions, its website says, and since it's been closed since March due to the pandemic, it's now forced to shut down and move its collections to storage.
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Storage will be paid for thanks to donations -- they are still open on this page and will also go towards eventually finding a new space for the museum.

"The current plan is to stay in storage for two years while we raise the funds and make plans to create our dream video game museum," the museum's website reads. "When we're ready, we will be back and better than ever, mark our words."
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