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'What is that turd doing on your pedestal?' Museums again take lead on social networks with 'ask a curator'

Paul McCarthy - Shit pile (2007)

Back in February this year, you could add museums worldwide to your Twitter lists thanks to #followamueum, and now they have come up with another new thing. It's unprecedented, and very simple. On 1 September next, anyone, anywhere in the world, can ask questions to people who know about art. Only condition: that you are on twitter sits and knows where the 'hashtag' button is. Because with the 'hashtag' #askacurator ask your question to a museum conductor or exhibition maker, and by using the search function on the twitter website, or in a twitter program like Tweetdeck, searching for that same #askacurator, you can follow anyone with such a question, and also keep track of the answers.

Musea zijn wereldwijd al een tijdje goed bezig op twitter, al zijn de Nederlandse musea nog wat aan het aarzelen. Immers: het is best lastig om in je eentje iets te bedenken met social media. Maar ook hier blijkt de kracht van de crowds: hoe meer gelijkgestemden meedoen, hoe groter de kans is dat er een briljant idee opduikt. En dit zou er zomaar eens 1 kunnen zijn.
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1 thought on "'What is that turd doing on your pedestal?' Museums again take lead on social networks with 'ask a curator'"

  1. Vooralsnog doet van de Nederlandse musea alleen nog @museumboerhaave mee. We hopen natuurlijk dat er veel meer Nederlandse musea zullen aansluiten!

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