Yes, #museumselfieday is a real thing. And it’s a great way for museums to show they have a fun side. Some art museums could really use a day to let their hair down and giggle over their exposed bits and pieces for once.
Here at natural history museums, the reality is that we’re always having fun (in between doing serious science of course). This is just an excuse to admit we take goofy pictures already. Anyone who’s spent a rough day in the field has learned to laugh at themselves. So for one day out of the year we get to post fun selfies on social media and call it work 🙂
Here’s a selection of selfies from around the Florida Museum yesterday:
Selfie by Josh Goodwin, zooarchaeology, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Anne Cordel, ceramics lab, Museum Selfie Day 2017
OMT selfie, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Jon Bloch, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Dickinson Hall, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Ed Stanley, herpetology, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Rachel at Montbrook, Museum Selfie Day 2017
iDigBio selfie, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Florida Program for Shark Research selfie, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Andy & Mammals, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Kitty Emery, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Roger Portell, paleontology, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Verity Mathis, Mammals, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Andy Warren, lepidoptera, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Sarah with our lobster, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Blackburn Lab selfie, Museum Selfie Day 2017
Selfie by Jessica Oswald, ornithology, Museum Selfie Day 2017