Authors: #MuseumWeek Coordinator Benjamin Benita & Mar Dixon

#MuseumWeek
March 23-29 2015
7 days of 7 daily Hashtags – But what do each of them mean?

Monday – #secretsMW
Tuesday – #souvenirsMW
Wednesday – #architectureMW
Thursday – #inspirationMW
Friday – #FamilyMW
Saturday – #FavMW
Sunday – #PoseMW

Sunday – #PoseMW

‘Picture yourself in the museum, pose and interact with its contents and exhibits! Are you a museum piece? A work of art?.’

Posing as works of culture; recreating works. Could be in front of or from online picture/postcard.  Try to mimic Van Gogh or recreate a scene from an art work. This is not a simple selfie day – you should use the picture to re-create a scene. Encourage your friends and family to get involved.

Examples :

Your visitors can PoseMW in front of sculptures:

Credit: Canadian War Museum

PoseMW with museum pieces (if allowed!):

Credit: Hannah Griffiths at MuseomixUK

PoseMW and mimic paintings

Credit National Gallery of Art (Washington DC) @bluelikechagall

Be Creative!

Credit: Museum Hack and Winston Struye

Credit Museum Hack and Winston Struye

Other Examples:
For #MuseumWeek – encourage your followers to get involved by asking them to pose in front of your collection.  Recreate the scene they see or what they think will happen next.

Remember:  this doesn’t have to be works just from what is available on display – encourage your visitors and followers to explore your online collection and be creative!

If your museum has done this imitation/pose activity before, share the picture again!  Doesn’t have to be created on the #PoseMW day, we’re not going to check the timestamp 😉

Most importantly, like all hashtag events, just have fun with it! 

For more information:
–> #MuseumWeek Explained
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—>  Who to ask
–> MuseumWeek2015.org