Museum Selfie Day 2017: 10 great selfies (+1)

Museum Selfie Day 2017 is upon us! We at Dorotheum are voracious consumers of Vienna museum culture, so we couldn’t resist the temptation to join in the fun on our Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook feeds once again.

Mar Dixon started Museum Selfie Day in 2014 to ‘encourage people to visit museums and participate a bit with art or collections.’ The phenomenon has since swept the social media world, attracting smartphone-wielding masses, earning celebrity endorsements and inciting the press to embrace the snapping of selfies in the world’s most hallowed cultural institutions. In other words, Museum Selfie Day is for everyone, so don’t let the word museum daunt you!

Museum Selfie Day: the basics

As you might expect, there are loads of ways to follow Museum Selfie Day online. Here are a few resources to get you started:

Hashtags: #museumselfie, #museumselfieday #museumselfieday2017

Social networks: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr

Another way to ‘dig deep’ into the world of museum selfies would be to explore at length the Instagram feeds of the users whose photos we have posted below. But be warned – these feeds are highly addictive (and we mean that as a compliment).

Our ‘Top 10’ museum selfies of 2017

Dali Berlin

It’s #MuseumSelfieDay! Take a #MuseumSelfie and share it with us @DaliBerlin! ??? #MuseumSelfieDay2017 #Museo #Museum #SalvadorDali #selfie #selfieday #cool #DaliLove #DaliBerlin

Ein von Dalí – Die Ausstellung (@daliberlin) gepostetes Foto am 18. Jan 2017 um 6:24 Uhr

Projekt Moberg

Idag är det visst Museum Selfie Day, en årlig kampanj med syftet att få fler att besöka muséer och ta del av vår historia. Självklart ska Vilhelm Moberg få vara med på denna dag! Obs: montage. Tack till Hanna på @arkeloggen som gjort bilden. Fotot är från 1967. #museumselfieday2017 #museumselfieday #museumselfie #vilhelmmoberg #svhist

Ein von Projekt Moberg (@projektmoberg) gepostetes Foto am 18. Jan 2017 um 7:03 Uhr

Wadsworth Athenium Museum of Art

It’s #MuseumSelfie Day! Snap a pic during your visit, and don’t forget to tag it with #TheWadsworth! Watch our story for tips on safely taking selfies near works of art. @MuseumSelfieDay #museumselfieday2017

Ein von Wadsworth Atheneum (@thewadsworth) gepostetes Foto am 18. Jan 2017 um 7:18 Uhr

Foxy Foxenberg

Oh Hi! I’m just admiring some paintings by the iconic Canadian artist Lawren Harris at The Art Gallery of Ontario. Today is #museumselfieday but with no opposable thumbs I am posting a #museumbackie from my visit to #agotoronto —- #lawrenharris #art #artgallery #artgalleryfox #artmuseum #artmatters #groupofseven #museumfox #fox #foxy #foxesarecool #plushfox #foxstuffy #foxstuffie #stuffiesofinstagram #plushiesofinstagram #foxesofinstagram #foxariffic #foxtastic #museumselfieday2017 #artgalleryofontario

Ein von Foxy Foxenberg (@foxy.foxenberg) gepostetes Foto am 18. Jan 2017 um 5:50 Uhr

Kunstmuseum Bonn

MUSEUM SELFIE : Heute ist #museumselfie day! Da machen wir natürlich auch mit und erinnern uns gerne zurück an unsere Ausstellung “Mit anderen Augen – Das Porträt in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie” vom letzten Frühjahr. Da war die Verlockung zum Selfie ganz groß! Habt ihr auch schonmal welche bei uns gemacht ?? #museumselfie #kunstmuseumbonn #selfie #art #bonn #artselfie #museum #artmuseum #museumselfieday2017 Abb.: Sabrina Jung, Untitled no 15, 2011, 40 x 60 cm, 12-Farb Pigmentdruck, Collage.

Ein von Kunstmuseum Bonn (@kunstmuseum_bonn) gepostetes Foto am 18. Jan 2017 um 5:33 Uhr

National Gallery of Canada

When sculptures selfie… ce que les sculptures font, lorsqu’elles se croient toutes seules… #museumselfie #museumselfieday #museumselfieday2017

A photo posted by National Gallery of Canada (@ngc_mbac) on Jan 18, 2017 at 11:14am PST

Minneapolis Institute of Art

It’s #museumselfie day! Share your best selfies or visit Mia and take a new one. Where’s the best spot in the museum for a selfie? Let us know in the comments below! . . . Henri Lehmann, France, 1814–82. “Portrait of Clémentine (Mrs. Alphonse) Karr,” 1845, Oil on canvas. The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund, 67.53. On view in G357.

A photo posted by Minneapolis Institute of Art (@artsmia) on Jan 18, 2017 at 8:28am PST

Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts

Lorenzo de Médicis (ca.1900) ya se sumó al #MuseumSelfie Day en @MNBAChile !! Participa tú también con tu selfie en nuestro frontis, hall de entrada y balcones.

A photo posted by MNBA – Chile (@mnbachile) on Jan 18, 2017 at 4:58am PST

Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow)

Vale selfie 360°, selfie #littleplanet , seja criativo e participe usando #museumselfie e #museudoamanha

A photo posted by Museu do Amanhã (@museudoamanha) on Jan 18, 2017 at 9:36am PST

Louvre Museum

Venez vous photographier au Louvre pour le #MuseumSelfie day jusqu’à 21h45 en nocturne ! / Come at the Louvre and take a  #MuseumSelfie until 9.45pm! Photo @lapinoz #louvre #museelouvre #museedulouvre #muséedulouvre #museumselfieday #selfie #sculpture #apollon #marble #marbre #masterpiece #chefdoeuvre #scultures #instart #art #nocturne

Ein von Musée du Louvre (@museelouvre) gepostetes Foto am 18. Jan 2017 um 1:49 Uhr

‘To thine own selfie be true …’

Now that we have shared ten of our favorite museum selfies of 2017, we are free to shamelessly plug our own, right? After all, this is our blog. Anyway, here is our stab at this most culture-literate of selfie genres.

Gearing up for 2018

At the time of this posting, no date has yet been set for Museum Selfie Day 2018. But rest assured that it will come, and that we will take part and share our highlights yet again! Also, who knows? Perhaps next year we’ll even make our own top ten.