A guide to conversations about museums, technology, and education on Twitter.
| Hashtag | Topic | Type |
|---|---|---|
| #musetech | Museums and technology (defined very broadly). This hashtag was started waaaaay back in 2010 by Carrie Kotcho and yours truly as part of a graduate course at GWU, called "Museums and Technology." We're so proud of how our baby has grown up. | Technology |
| #musesocial | Museums and social media. See also: International Museum Social Media Managers Facebook Group | Technology |
| #museweb | Museum websites and web-based projects. Not to be confused with the excellent Museums and the Web conference (@museweb). | Technology |
| #mtogo | Museums and mobile technologies. Includes smartphones, tablets, apps, responsive web design | Technology |
| #musedata | Data & analytics | Technology |
| #openglam | GLAMs opening up cultural heritage data under free license. GLAM= Galleries Libraries Archives Museums. See: OpenGLAM initiative | Technology |
| #glamwiki / #wikiglam | Wikipedia/Wikimedia partnerships with GLAMs. | Technology |
| #LODLAM | Linked open data | Technology |
| #PokeMuseum | Pokémon Go | Technology |
| #artstech | Arts, culture, and technology. Also see: #artstech meetups in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and San Francisco | Technology |
| #itweetmuseums | Museum pros tweeting from personal accounts. See @itweetmuseums for more on this initiative of @MarkBSchlemmer | Technology |
| #museogeek | Museums and technology. Like #musetech, but en français | Technology |
| #MuseumsRespondToFerguson | Museums and social justice. Critical discussion of museums, justice, and race organized by @aleiabrown and @adriannerussell | Diversity & Justice |
| #MuseumWorkersSpeak | Social justice inside museums. Ongoing discussion about diversity and equity in hiring, internships, pay | Diversity & Justice |
| #museumhue | Advancing the diversity of people of color in the arts and creative economy; follow @museumhue | Diversity & Justice |
| #a11y | Accessibility and universal design | Diversity & Justice |
| #Musewomen | Women and leadership in museum tech. Mentorships and more | Diversity & Justice |
| #museumed | Museum education. See also: #iammuseumed. | Education |
| #edtech | Educational technology resources and tools. Focuses largely on K-12 formal classroom education. | Education |
| #MuseumEdChat | Weekly museum education chat. Thursday nights, founded by @CabinetofCurios | Chat |
| #mpossible | Weekly museum education chat. Chats hosted by @SIEdLab (Smithsonian EdLab) on Thursdays, 4pm ET. | Chat |
| #edutues | Weekly arts ed chat with the @QueensMuseum Education department. Tuesday afternoons ET. | Chat |
| #artsPRchat | Public relations and arts organizations. Hosted by @missionkeycom. Brings together PR, marketing and arts pros. | Chat |
| #EMPchat | Emerging Museum Professionals. Hosted by @msjskennedy. | Chat |
| #ARCSchat | Museum collections. Hosted by @Arcs4All. | Chat |
| #MuseumHour | Weekly chat based in UK. Mondays, 8pm; moderated by @museumhour. | Chat |
| #edtechchat | Weekly chat about educational technology and its impact on teachers and students. Mondays, 8-9pm ET. | Chat |
| #ntchat | Weekly chat and mentoring for new and pre-service teachers. Wednesdays, 8-9pm ET. | Chat |
| #artsedchat | Weekly chat for arts education practitioners, particularly in schools. Thursdays, 12-7pm ET. | Chat |
| #sschat | Weekly chat for social studies teachers to improve instruction. Mondays, 7pm ET. Also see: sschat ning community. | Chat |
| #MuseCrushMon | Weekly shout outs to favorite museums/pros. Mondays, founded by @MSTD_IUPUI. See also: #MuseumMonday. | Chat |
| #AskACurator | Q&A day with museum curators. Every September. | Campaigns & Discussions |
| #AskAnArchivist | Q&A day with archivists. Every October. | Campaigns & Discussions |
| #MuseumWeek | Weeklong collaboration with Twitter highlighting museums. Every March; look for daily hashtag themes. | Campaigns & Discussions |
| #SlowArtDay | Annual day to slow down and look. Every April; hosted by @SlowArtDay. | Campaigns & Discussions |
| #drinkingaboutmuseums | Information about informal happy hours for museum types. Check for events happening in cities around the world (e.g., #drinkingaboutmuseumsdc) on Google+ and check out this history/how to blog post. | Campaigns & Discussions |
| #SuperbOwl | Feature unique (b)owls in your collection. A clever play on words during the U.S. football championship. | Campaigns & Discussions |
| #MuseumSwearJar | Overused words and phrases in museums. Follow @MuseumSwearJar for the best examples. | Campaigns & Discussions |
| #MuseumDocumentation | Collections information for museum registrars+ | Campaigns & Discussions |
| #MuseumJobs | Jobs in the cultural sector. See also #MuseumJob and #musejob. | Campaigns & Discussions |
Now it’s your turn…what hashtags do you find most useful?
Note: Originally posted May 28, 2013. Updated August 1, 2016 with help from the museum community.
Great list! I’ve learned a lot by following many of those tags. I also tune into #SMmeasure which is not specifically museum oriented, but is focused on Social Media measurement. They have weekly chats.
Anne, Thanks for the great addition! #SMmeasure was not on my radar. It looks like a great resource.
This list is AWESOME!
Under Museum Education, MoMA does a weekly (Thursday afternoon) twitter chat using #AskMoMAEd
Fantastic recommendation, Darren. Added to my “Edu” tab in HootSuite. Thanks for sending it along.
Anna Lindgren-Streicher (@astreichs) and I have begun tweeting museum evaluation under #museval irregularly, but we will be ramping up as the Visitor Studies Conference #VSA2013 is in July.
Excellent! We need more of this topic in our online conversations.
Very interesting and necessary post. In the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid, Spain) have several hashtag on education and museums: #MSEP_EThyssen, #Musaraña and #aquipintamostodos (Each associated with an educational program determined) also performed a Tweet conversation per month with #museoescuela. I have several as #educadoradormir, which is part of an editorial project on education and museums. Thanks
Thanks for adding some international flair to the list, Rufino! Does #museoescuela focus on formal education (i.e., school)?
Yes Dana, is associated with our School Program in EducaThyssen (www.educathyssen.org)
Thank you for such a useful list!
I’d add #museomix under Museums and Technology. Started by @samuelbausson it reflects the thoughts and progress around this collaborative project, intially just French now internationl http://www.museomix.com/
Ooops, and I realize now two more are missing under Museums and Technology: #museumnext and #mw2013 both related to annual Conferences, providing tons of interesting tweets.
Thanks for the additions, Conxa! I didn’t include conference hashtags as they often change each year and are quiet except during proposal season and the actual conference. But they certainly can be some of the most useful hashtags to follow during those times! I actually have a “Conferences” tab set up in HootSuite for this purpose.
These are two hashtags I follow regularly and are great for engaging with a wide variety of museums all over the world, and directing traffic to our website. #collectionfishing and whatever theme @CultureThemes is currently promoting via Twitter (it might be socks, memories or cake!) It’s fun and very engaging!
Great additions, Pauline! These are designed to be more public-facing than for museum professionals in particular, right?
Another one for the list: #museumlove
Encountered in “Insider Tips from the Art World’s Social Media Pros” article.
Love this list!! Please also checkout #musegames #drawart #musedraw #jewisharthistoryiscool
Thanks!
@museumpaige
A list of top 11 art-related hashtags, including:
#artsed
#artselfie / #museumselfie
#artwatchers
#askacurator
#emojiarthistory
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-hashtags-around-the-world-325584#.VdNZpSviBmQ.twitter
Used in germany: #DigSMus für digital strategy in museums
Please add:
#museumdocumentation
#collectionsmanagement
Great to see #MuseumDocumentation included – but it’s not just for registrars, and not just collection information! It’s for anyone who works with documentation in a museum – curators, conservators, educators, collections managers, documentalists, etc., etc. – and also for anyone who wants to know what documentation is or why it’s important. Perhaps better described as ‘Documentation and its role in museums: sharing knowledge, day-to-day experiences, and unusual discoveries’?
Don’t forget #museumofeverything
Didn’t see #LocalHeritageSupportChallenge.
Wondering if it would be easier to put @CultureThemes as some like #MuseumSelfie and #LoveTheatre are annually but once a month there is a new hashtag.
Great. Thank you !
This is a great list, I would add #FoHMuseums and #FoH for everything relating to front of house in museums!