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#MusMemes

#MusMemes

Updated Aug 24, 2018 at 03:09PM EDT by Matt.

Added Aug 24, 2018 at 02:46PM EDT by Matt.

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About

#MusMemes is a hashtag used to promote museums and for museums to post about their work using various meme formats.

Origin

The earliest usage of #MusMeme was posted by the Twitter [1] account @CultureThemes on July 30th, 2018. That day, they posted "Mark Your Calendars: Next @CultureThemes: August 22 #MusMeme." The post (shown below) received more than 5 retweets and 10 likes in less than one month.


Mark Your Calendars: Next @CultureThemes: August 22 #MusMeme culturethemes.blogspot.com/2018/07/next-c CULTUREIS GOOD MAKECULTURE MEMES

Spread

On August 22nd, various museums began posting various pieces of artwork, turning these works into various image macros and object labeling memes (examples below).

Several media outlets covered the popularity of the hashtag, including The Daily Dot, [2] Comedy Central,[3] Londonist[4] and more.


University of Reading Art Collectio... @UniRdg_ArtCol Today is all about the #MusMeme Be prepared for all of our weird memes and bad puns throughout the day Have a Baarillant Day FIE Field Museum LD. DFieldMuseum "Thank you for visiting. The museum is now closed." #MusMeme TheFiel Museum CLOSING TIME MUSEUMSECURITY STAFF VISITORS STILL IN THE BUILDING SmithsonianLibraries @SILibraries 0 When you're wearing socks and you step on something wet #MusMeme (From Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America," s.si.edu/2N79p69)

Various Examples


The Museum of English Rural Life @TheMERL This is the ideal male body. You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like. #MusMeme JewishHeritageCenter @AJHSNewEngland זיכרון If you don't love me at my then you don't deserve me at my #MusMeme History Trust of SA U HistorySA HISTORY TRUST The original mean girls-#MusMeme O SA gov. collection GN10545 'Get in loser, we're going to the museum
It's #MusMeme day so I'll take the opportunity to explain my PhD through memes too! UNESCO SAYS PRESERVE COLLECTING MEMES IN M DIGITAL HERITAGE PRESERVING DIGITALC HERITAGE FOR AL I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION CH YU'NO PRESERVE ·u..urt COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT STANDARDS MUSTADAPT Time & Tide Museum @timetidemuseum This one's for all the Maritime Museums out there C.Tp #MusMeme WHAT SHALL WE D0 WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR? WHAT SHALL WE D0 WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR? Hever Castle @hevercastle Seeing as though it's #MusMeme day we had to share this classic meme from the Castle with you! #HeverCastle #DistractedBoyfriend #Memes

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External References

[1] Twitter – @CultureThemes's Tweet

[2] The Daily Dot – Museums Are Posting Hilariously Nerdy Memes On Twitter With #MuseMeme

[3] Comedy Central – British Museums Spent The Day Tweeting Memes And Nothing Has Ever Been Funnier

[4] Londonist – The Best London Memes On #MusMeme Day

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