UPDATE: @52Museums is fully booked for 2016 but there is a waiting list and planning 2017 already. Also, if you’re a museum on Instagram, please add yourself to the Museums on Instagram List.
A few weeks ago I was on Instagram and noticed how my friend Chris Webb’s project 52Quilters was still going strong and growing. The object is simple: once a week someone takes over the Instagram, Twitter and Blog account and shares their experience on being a quilter.
I went to sleep and woke up at 5am with one of those moments – this could work for museums. By 9am @52Museums was happening. Well I say happening, the accounts were created and a Google Form for sign up was made. There has been a few mistakes made along the way (like I should have created a form that only allowed one week to be chosen or any week as it turned into a logistic nightmare) but thankfully, museums are brilliant at adapting to changes (no seriously!!).
The final schedule still isn’t final as over 80 museums have signed up. Museums are collaborating with other museums either via similar collections, cities or a fun challenge.
This project is all about museum(s) sharing anything they want for the week on Instagram. Every museum that signed up is going to help engage with the account for the year – so local museums will get the same support as the nationals.
Feel free to get involved, either with questions, likes, favorites or discussions.
Who to Follow for #52Museums
| Instagram Takeover Date | Museum Name | Instagram Account | Museum Type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ||||
| 04/01/16-10/01/16 | The Getty | @TheGetty | Art | USA |
| 11/01/16-17/01/16 | Massaciuccoli romana/Corinium Museum | @MassaciuccoliRomana / @coriniummuseum | Archaeological /Archaeology | Italy / UK |
| 18/01/16-24/01/16 | State Historical Museum / Saint Basils Cathedral | @state_historical_museum /@saint_basils_cathedral | Russian Museums | Russia |
| 25/01/16-31/01/16 | Bruce Museum | @brucemuseum | art and science | USA |
| February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/02/16-07/02/16 | Nordiska museet | nordiskamuseet | Museum of cultural history | Sweden |
| 08/02/16-14/02/16 | Leeds Museums and Galleries | @Leedsmuseumsandgalleries | City museums – 9 sites | UK |
| 15/02/16-21/02/16 | Science Museum | @ScienceMuseum | Science Museum | UK |
| 22/02/16-28/02/16 | Leopold Museum /Jewish Museum Vienna /Q21 | leopold_museum / jewishmuseumvienna / Q21_Vienna | Art culture and history museum | Austria |
| March | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/02/16-06/03/16 | Natural History Museum | @natural_history_museum | Natural History | UK |
| 07/03/16-13/03/16 | Wellcome Collection / Morbid Anatomy | @wellcomecollection / @morbidanatomy | Medicine Art Science | UK / USA |
| 14/03/16-20/03/16 | Albright-Knox Art Gallery | @albrightknox | Art Museum | USA |
| 21/03/16-27/03/16 | National Museum of Women in the Arts | @womeninthearts | Art | USA |
| April | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/03/16-03/04/16 | DDR Museum | @ddrmuseum | Historical Museum | Germany |
| 04/04/16-10/04/16 | Royal Ontario Museum | @romtoronto | EVERYTHING (World Cultures/Natural History) | Canada |
| 11/04/16-17/04/16 | musée du quai Branly | @quaibranly | Ethnographic collections but with an artistic approach | France |
| 18/04/16-24/04/16 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | @birmingham_mag | Museum and Art Gallery | UK |
| May | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/04/16-01/05/16 | University of Reading Museums and Collections | @unirdg_collections | University museums (Museum of English Rural Life / Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology / Cole Museum of Zoology / Special Collections | UK |
| 02/05/16-08/05/16 | Hamburger Kunsthalle | @hamburger.kunsthalle | art museum | Germany |
| 09/05/16-15/05/16 | Grand Palais | @le_grand_palais | Gallery | France |
| 16/05/16-22/05/16 | LACMA /SFMOMA | @lacma / @SFMOMA | Art /Design /Architecture modern art museum | USA |
| 23/05/16-29/05/16 | The Getty Museum | @gettymuseum | LA | USA |
| June | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/05/16-05/06/16 | The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | @childrensmuseum | Children's museum | USA |
| 06/06/16-12/06/16 | Barbican Centre | @barbicancentre | Multi-arts Centre | UK |
| 13/06/16-19/06/16 | Hammer Museum | @Hammer_Museum | Art | USA |
| 20/06/16-26/06/16 | Nova Scotia Museum | @novascotiamuseum | Family of 28 provincial museums | Canada |
| July | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/06/16-03/07/16 | Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum | @auschwitzmemorial | Former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau site | Poland |
| 04/07/16-10/07/16 | Sir John Soane's Museum | @soanemuseum | Historic House | UK |
| 11/07/16-17/07/16 | The Andy Warhol Museum & Carnegie Museum of Art & Carngerie Museum of Natural History & Carnegie Science Center | NA @thecmoa @carnegiemnh @carnegiescictr | Art | USA |
| 18/07/16-24/07/16 | Kunstmuseum Bonn | @kunstmuseum_bonn | Art | Germany |
| 25/07/16-31/07/16 | The Infirmary Museum / Surgeon Museum / Medical Museion | @infirmaryworc / @surgeonshall/@medicalmuseion | Medical museum | UK UK Denmark |
| August | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/08/16-07/08/16 | Toledo Museum of Art | @toledomuseum | Art | USA |
| 08/08/16-14/08/16 | Marta Herford | @martaherford | contemporary Art/Design | Germany |
| 15/08/16-21/08/16 | Horniman Museum and Gardens | @hornimanmuseumgardens | Natural history anthropology music | UK |
| 22/08/16-28/08/16 | Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | @hirshhorn | modern and contemporary art | USA |
| September | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/08/16-04/09/16 | Museo della Ceramica di Savona /Museu del Disseny de Barcelona | @museoceramicasavona @museudeldisseny | ceramics art /ceramica artistica | Italy / Spain |
| 05/09/16-11/09/16 | Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg | @mkg.hamburg | Design / Arts and Crafts | Germany |
| 12/09/16-18/09/16 | The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia | @Fralinmuseumuva | University museum | USA |
| 19/09/16-25/09/16 | Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives | @visitpama | History & art | Canada |
| October | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/09/16-02/10/16 | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago /Museos de Arte: MBA-MAC | @mcachicago / museosdearte | Contemporary Art /Arte Contemporáneo | USA/ Argentina |
| 03/10/16-09/10/16 | National Museum of Australia | @natmusaus | Social history | Australia |
| 10/10/16-16/10/16 | Ashmolean Museum | @ashmoleanmuseum | Art & Archaeology | UK |
| 17/10/16-23/10/16 | The Library of Virginia /Minnesota Historical Society | @LibraryofVA / @minnesotahistoricalsociety | State library and archives /History – 26 historic sites around MN | USA |
| 24/10/16-30/10/16 | Fulham Palace | @fulhampalace | Historic home of the Bishops of London | UK |
| November | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/10/16-06/11/16 | SFO Museum | @SFOMuseum | General | USA |
| 07/11/16-13/11/16 | Jeu de Paume | @jeudepaumeparis | Contemporary Art / photography | France |
| 14/11/16-20/11/16 | Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation | @SciTechCollection @AgFoodMuseum @AvSpaceMuseum @SciTechMuseum | Science | Canada |
| 21/11/16-27/11/16 | Bata Shoe Museum | @batashoemuseum | ethnographic/ historical | Canada |
| December | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/11/16-04/12/16 | Canadian Museum for Human Rights / Musée canadian pour les droits de la personne | @cmhr_mcdp | Human Rights & History | Canada |
| 05/12/16-11/12/16 | Stratford Hall | @stratfordhall | Historic House Museum | USA |
| 12/12/16-18/12/16 | Fondation Beyeler | @fondationbeyeler | Modern and Contemporary Art | Switzerland |
| 19/12/16-25/12/16 | Snite Museum of Art | @snitemuseum | University Museum | USA |
| 26/12/16-01/01/17 | Nationalmuseum Sweden | @nationalmuseumswe | Art and design | Sweden |
As you can see – many chances to get involved and have fun over the year. We hope everyone follows @52Museums on Instagram and Twitter and finds a new way to engage with museums world wide.
Hi
We would love to be part of #52Museums. The Fitzwilliam Museum is the main art gallery and museum for the University of Cambridge in the UK, but we are also part of a consortium called the University of Cambridge Museums. All the Museums are funded by the University but the UCM consortium is also funded as a Major Partner Museum by Arts Council England.
Our Instagram account shows behind the scenes pictures captured by two of our collections colleagues, and our Twitter feed is administered by the Press and Marketing team. I am Head of Comms and Engagement. Are we too late to join this party?
Happy Christmas and all good wishes for 2016 – the Fitzwilliam’s Bicentenary year
Not too too late but we have a waiting list. Fill out the form and we’ll be in touch 🙂
Hi,
What an interesting adventure! We would also love to take part of #52Museums, son we’re going to fill the form out for the waiting list.
Happy New Year!
Museo del Romanticismo. Madrid
Fantastic concept! <3 Can we sign up for 2017?
The sign up form is still live so please do sign up! 🙂
Ciao Mar, bellissima idea, entusiasmante e geniale… e noi vorremmo partecipare. Ma dov’è il modulo per iscriversi?
Assunta Orlando
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1OE6fqd0VgSkfSqP113EvbWV5__nWNXUNMot5fyDSjd0/edit?usp=drive_web 🙂
Ops! non abbiamo account instagram (per nostra scelta: abbiamo già 5 altri social da seguire)… Pensavamo si potesse realizzare anche solo con Twitter. Seguiremo con entusiasmo tutti gli altri musei.
Ciao.
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Please furnish below queries-
1. How a museum can be registered or become a part of this?
2. what will be the whole procedure for this?
3. what are the benefits to get registered?
4. Please brief in detail the concept of
@52 museum.
I believe most of these questions are answered in this post but if you have more questions feel free to email me. Thanks!
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Try to collect articles and blogs on @52Museums – let me know if I’m missing any please!
-https://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2016/july/how-self-styled-trouble-maker-mar-dixon-makes-museums-more-people-friendly/
-https://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2016/july/the-key-issues-for-museums-today/
-https://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/gallery/2016/may/04/museums-instagram-in-pictures-52museums
-https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/crg/52-museums-this-week-on-instagram/
– http://www.monopol-magazin.de/kreativitaet-kennt-keine-grenzen
-http://blog.warhol.org/museum/instagram-takeover-52museums/
-http://thegetty.tumblr.com/post/136537731726/52-museums-52-weeks-this-is-the-year-of
– https://blog.wellcomecollection.org/tag/52museums/
-https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/427701295844733459/
– http://broadstrokes.org/tag/52museums/
http://www.monopol-magazin.de/vom-naehkraenzchen-zur-globalen-museums-kooperation
-http://indianahumanities.org/event/around-country-52-museums-finding-object-experience
– http://www.golcondarte.it/concorsi/2ceramics-concorso-fotografico
– http://www.professionearchitetto.it/concorsi/notizie/22819/2Ceramics-un-concorso-fotografico-sulla-ceramica-savonese
– http://www.savonanews.it/2016/07/22/leggi-notizia/argomenti/eventi-spettacoli/articolo/il-museo-della-ceramica-di-savona-lancia-il-concorso-fotografico-2ceramics.html
– http://jobs.artribune.com/competitions/2ceramics-il-primo-concorso-fotografico-dedicato-alla-ceramica-dentro-e-fuori-dal-museo/2200.php?track=newsletter
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