It may hard to think of a major art museum that isn’t tweeting these days. Museums have found it’s great way to quickly announce exhibition openings, lectures, movies, gift sales, build attendance, connect with audiences, and speak to artists. We found this tweet from the Norton Museum of Art to an artist:
They even tweet about parking issues:
Museums also talk to each other on Twitter:
And even share jokes:
Following local museums can clue you into events and exhibits — following remote ones can link you to online exhibits, articles, and photo galleries. Here’s a list of more art museums to follow on Twitter:
Museum of Modern Art – 53,138 followers and 2,495 listings!
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – great twitter background and sense of humor
Kemper Art Museum – a little closer to home
Oklahoma City Museum of Art – nice Chihuly background and photos of the tweet staff
Or search for by logging into Twitter and using Twitter’s “find people” search.