Museum Selfie Day

Museums are a great way to learn about history and art and are lots of fun for friends and families everywhere. However, sometimes when museums don’t allow photographs, it can be difficult to enjoy remembering the times you had together.

Even so, there is one day that helps solve that situation: Museum Selfie Day. It’s a day about museums and selfies combined into a great cultural experience, so check it out!

How to Celebrate Museum Selfie Day

Visit a Museum

When the date comes around, the most importnat thing is to grab a friend and head out to a museum! And not just to take a selfie and leave, but to make it into an exciting learning experience. But do remember to taking a selfie or two to share in the day.

Remember, some museums may not know about the day, so check in with the front office before heading in to see if cameras are allowed.

Get Creative with Museum Selfies

Make weird faces. Attach funny captions to them. Maybe even put on some filters. Then post it on whatever media you use to let the world see what you came up with. This day is about being happy and having fun and many people take part in it, so why shouldn’t you?

History of Museum Selfie Day

Museum Selfie Day combines the ancient history of the world with the funny modern trend that is taking selfies. This campaign was created in 2015 by Mar Dixon, a project coordinator, and enthusiast of museums. She came up with the idea after visiting several museums with her daughter, according to a CNN article, and thought of the idea as a way to showcase the people in the museums and the memories attached to it.

Now, museums worldwide participate in the campaign on Twitter and Instagram, and it has become a part of the cultural phenomenon of internet culture. Dixon also created several other projects since then, including Teens in Museums, MuseumCamp, and CultureThemes. Although Dixon did not have an educational background in museum and art, she has been an advocate for it.

Museum Selfie Day, is one of the recurring campaigns that allow people to be funny and creative with their selfie-taking skills. While most museums don’t allow photos to be taken at all, this day allows people to enjoy their time in the museum and be featured next to famous works of art.

While the event encourages others to have fun, it also emphasizes the importance of enjoying art, archaeology, science, photography and other forms of art in a museum.