Today is Museum Day

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by bernjb56, May 18, 2018.

  1. bernjb56

    bernjb56 Supporter

    The International Council of Museums (ICOM) created International Museum Day in 1977. The organisation chooses a different theme for the day and coordinates every year. Some of the themes include globalisation, indigenous peoples, brigding culture gaps and caring for the environment. Every year since 1977, all of the museums in the world are invited to participate in this day to promote the role of museums around in the world, by organising enjoyable and free activities around the year’s theme. International Museum Day has become steadily more popular since its creation, with International Museum Day 2009 being participated in by 20,000 museums in over 90 countries. In 2012, the number of participating museums had jumped to 30,000 in 129 countries.

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  2. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    I do love visiting a museum, from the greats like the V & A or The Smithsonian to the ones you find in small towns (where the exhibits are usually junk from someone's shed).
    Here are some that are probably worth visiting.

    http://time.com/101851/weirdest-museums-in-the-world/
     
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  3. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    I love museums too :)
     
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  4. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    Most of Dons clothes come from the museum :thumbsup:
     
  5. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    OI !!
    And back on "The List" you go.
     
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  6. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    I’ve just driven past Weston Park museum in Sheffield and they have a 200 years of people and protest exhibition on :)
     
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  7. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    But ref
     
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  8. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    She'll be banging in about her suffragette sisters in a moment.
    Take cover lads !!
     
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  9. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    Don't argue laddie.
     
  10. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Watch it Mester!! Or I will come and protest on your mountain!
     
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  11. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

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  12. I don’t need to go to museums ,they are all around me :thinking:
     
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  13. I'm old enough to be an exhibit
     
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  14. :eek:
     
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