Museum Development East Midlands will join museums and galleries from across the UK and Europe on Twitter later this month for the first ever #MuseumWeek.
#MuseumWeek is a project that will connect people to artwork, culture, history and science in new and interactive ways.
#MuseumWeek will take place from Monday 24 March – Sunday 30 March and will give Twitter users direct and unparalleled access to some of Europe’s leading museums and the people behind them in 140-characters bursts.
Museum Development East Midlands will join other UK organisations already signed up include the Science Museum (@sciencemuseum), the Natural History Museum (@NHM_London), the Victoria and Albert Museum (@V_and_A) and the British Museum (@britishmuseum) – as well as plenty closer to home in the East Midlands.
Museum Development East Midlands will join others across the UK and Europe by including the hashtag #MuseumWeek in their Tweets for the week, meaning users can follow along on Twitter. In addition, every day there will be a different theme including #MuseumSelfies, #AskTheCurator, and #MuseumMemories.
A full list of participating UK organisations can be viewed here
Mar Dixon (@MarDixon), social media and museums expert and host of the @CultureThemes project, said: “Every day of the year museums and cultural institutions across the world are using Twitter in exciting and interesting ways to tell the stories of their collections to new audiences.
“#MuseumWeek will shine a light on these activities, giving a real-time glimpse into the workings of museums across the UK and Europe, 140 characters at a time.”
