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#InternationalMuseumDay
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Museum Dance Scene
ALT: Ferris Bueller's Day Off Museum Dance Scene
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May 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
bodleian.ox.ac.uk
We are celebrating #InternationalMuseumDay 2026 today. You may have noticed we are not a museum, but we do have collections and run free exhibitions. Come and see them at the Weston Library in Oxford!
A wooden bookshelf filled with rows of antique books. Overlaid text reads, "We may not be a 'museum,' but...". A historic library interior with wooden shelves filled with books. The ceiling is ornately decorated, and framed portraits hang on the walls. Text on the image reads: “We’re one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and the second largest in the UK.” A person stands in a museum, looking at an exhibit. Text over the image reads: "The Bodleian holds over 14 million printed items and outstanding special collections, including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art, and printed ephemera..." A person views an exhibit in the Weston Library. The text overlay says: "...and you can see a curated selection of these items in the Weston Library in our exhibitions and display cases. *for FREE
May 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
merchantshallyork.org
We have found out very late that it’s #internationalmuseumday

To all our museum friends far and wide - happy us day!
a man in an orange shirt is standing with his hands on his hips and says `` who 's awesome ? you are ! ``
ALT: a man in an orange shirt is standing with his hands on his hips and says `` who 's awesome ? you are ! ``
media.tenor.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
allantadams.bsky.social
For #internationalmuseumday here are some views of Barley Hall in Coffee Yard, York. A museum of medieval life housed in a restored complex of 14th-16th century buildings. A public path passed through the building.

#ArchitecturalIllustration #PenArt #Pencil #drawing #ArtYear
Pen and watercolour sketch of buildings in a bird's-eye view obtained from the vantage point of the central tower of York Minster. A building of particular interest, Barley Hall, is shown in full colour while other buildings are shown in outline. Colour sketch of a timber framed building with a replica set of stocks and an advertisement in front. A banner on the right reads Barley Hall beneath a drawing of a building. Pencil drawing of a snicket, or alleyway, through buildings. There is a carved figure on the left depicting a devilish figure. On a left a curved doorway to a shop.
May 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
tsarskoeselo.bsky.social
‪🇬🇧 Happy #InternationalMuseumDay! #IMD #IMD2025
↓The Catherine Palace of Tsarskoe Selo
📷 Tsarskoe Selo, Ruslan Shamukov
🇷🇺 Поздравляем с Международным днём музеев! #МеждународныйДеньМузеев
↓Екатерининский дворец, Царское Село
#thephotohour #worldheritagesite
May 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
tsarskoeselo.bsky.social
🇬🇧 Happy #InternationalMuseumDay!
Hyacinths in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoe Selo
📷 Tsarskoe Selo, Katerina Novak
🇷🇺 Поздравляем с Международным днём музеев!
Гиацинты в Екатерининском парке Царского Села
#МеждународныйДеньМузеев #IMD #IMD2026 #worldheritagesite #bloomscrolling #flowers
May 18, 2026 at 11:06 AM
hirorin380810.bsky.social
#AIart #AIイラスト #今日は何の日 #国際博物館の日 #InternationalMuseumDay #女神 #Copilot #Designer Microsoft Designerに女神様を画いてとお願いしたらこうなった、今日５月１８日は国際博物館の日です。
美術館で絵画を見ている女神様
May 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
suica13.bsky.social
おはよー！5月18日は #InternationalMuseumDay だよ！ #VRChat
May 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
barnsleymuseums.bsky.social
Happy International Museum Day!

In celebration we're bringing back the emoji game. Reply with an emoji and we'll find something from our collections.

#InternationalMuseumDay
A montage photo featuring all five of our venues
May 18, 2026 at 6:46 AM
jackdashby.bsky.social
Happy #InternationalMuseumDay! A day to celebrate the importance of #museums.
Below is a little thread about my brand new book #NaturesMemory, which sets out just how vital it is that we consider how natural history museums go about sharing stories of nature, and people 👇 #IMD2025
jackdashby.bsky.social Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · Apr 24
Big day... My book #NaturesMemory: Behind the Scenes at the World's Natural History #Museums is published TODAY.🤩
Over the last 20+ years of working in these incredible institutions, I've noticed some surprising things about them, and this book shares some of these "secrets", as an insider's guide.🧵
The cover of Nature’s Memory – a green snail shell on a black background
May 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
museumsassociation.org
The theme of this year's #InternationalMuseumDay is Museums Uniting a Divided World. We're focusing on how museums can act as bridges across cultural, social and geopolitical divides, fostering dialogue, understanding, inclusion and peace 🕊️

@icomuk.bsky.social #IMD2026
International Museum Day poster by ICOM, the International Council of Museums. The poster shows a constellation of stars in the sky, symbolising making connections across divides. The caption reads: Museums Uniting a Divided World
May 18, 2026 at 11:07 AM
gettymuseum.bsky.social
Which type of museum visitor are you, Type A or Type B? #InternationalMuseumDay
May 18, 2026 at 7:01 AM
mpsheritage.bsky.social
To mark #InternationalMuseumDay we're proud to announce that tickets are now available for our exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the Crime Museum. They're released at bit.ly/4mlyxqP a month ahead (e.g. June slots at the start of July). #CM150 #journeeinternationaldesmusees #IMD #JIDM #IMT
Watercolour, pen and ink notice for the Crime Museum in elaborate calligraphy, a different font and colour for each line. Overall, it reads 'Museum is open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m. only, upon presentation of a proper order 8th May 1894 By order of the Commissioner', a post then held by the one-armed Colonel Sir Edward Bradford, previously of the 14th Light Dragoons, Mayne's Irregular Cavalry (formed by a distant relation of one of the first Met Commissioners) and the Indian Civil Service and husband to Jane Austen's great-great niece.
May 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
alt-pnw.bsky.social
Today is #InternationalMuseumDay
Some favorites:
• Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (haven’t been since a kid in 1970s)
• Antique Powerland museum complex near Brooks, Oregon (operating machinery some days)
• Smithsonian
Not officially named a museum
• Cumbres and Toltec Railroad is, basically
May 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
thewritertype.bsky.social
Welcome to the Museum of Passive Aggression. Please feel free to touch any of the exhibits if you really need to. Don't worry if you break something; we'll pay for it somehow, and the important thing is that you enjoy yourself. Don't mind us. You go ahead and have fun.
#InternationalMuseumDay
May 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
barnsleymuseums.bsky.social
🐟 All the excuse we need to start the week by sharing this stylish fish again #InternationalMuseumDay
May 18, 2026 at 11:04 AM
barnsleymuseums.bsky.social
🐲 Ceramic coffee pot by William De Morgan, the piece is signed JJ and it's likely it was painted by Joe Juster @demorganfoundation.bsky.social #InternationalMuseumDay
A ceramic coffee pot and lid with a bulbous body, long neck and slim, curved spout. The lid is conical and finished with a small knop. The cream body is decorated in red with hand painted designs of flowers, butterflies and a dragon.
May 18, 2026 at 11:07 AM
chriswoodyard.bsky.social
Putting on a happy face for #MementoMoriMonday and #InternationalMuseumDay

Vanitas with skull, fruit, flowers, butterflies, and small creepy-crawlies, Joris Hoefnagel, c. 1600
harvardartmuseums.org/collections/...
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
Vanitas painting showing a skull in the center surrounded by fruits, flowers, insects, a snail. Joris Hoefnagel, c. 1600
May 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
dib.ie
Happy #InternationalMuseumDay! Alexander Carte, 1st director of the Natural History Museum, Dublin, took a haphazard mix of zoological, geological & ethnological curiosities, and catalogued/organised it into Dublin's 'Dead Zoo', the oldest purpose-built museum in Ireland. www.dib.ie/biography/ca...
May 18, 2026 at 7:50 AM
barnsleymuseums.bsky.social
The excited face you make when you realise it's #InternationalMuseumDay and there's a new exhibition just opened at Cannon Hall Museum...

Formed and Reformed by Christy Keeney features ceramics, paintings and drawings by the reknowned Irish artist on loan from a local collector, Dr Graham Cooley
A bird statue stands in a room furnished with a table and chairs, creating a serene atmosphere.
May 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
mu-peter.bsky.social
#InternationalMuseumDay

Seriously folks...
Do Not Touch The Exhibits! 🏺🧪
Far Side Museum sign: Do Not Touch
May 18, 2024 at 7:14 PM
retromom.bsky.social
It’s #InternationalMuseumDay A perfect time to meet one of the world's most famous fossils. Say hello to Sue, the mighty T-Rex who calls the #FieldMuseum in Chicago home. Sue’s story began right here in Hill City, South Dakota! She was unearthed by a team from our very own Black Hills Institute.
May 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
karencookphotos.bsky.social
Celebrate #InternationalMuseumDay with this #ArtForSale featuring the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in the picturesque town of Lunenburg #NovaScotia #travel #Museum #Canada fineartamerica.com/featured/fis... @canadatourism.bsky.social @lasobremesa.bsky.social @frommers.bsky.social
The picturesque coastal town of Lunenburg Nova Scotia features the vibrant red buildings of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, along the waterfront, with colorful houses and autumn trees in the background. Sailboats are docked at the shore, and the scene is reflected in the calm water of the harbor.
May 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
barnsleymuseums.bsky.social
We're going to start a campaign to make #InternationalMuseumDay a bank holiday.

We'd also like to say hello to the two volunteer run museums in Barnsley, Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum and the Maurice Dobson Museum & Heritage Centre
May 18, 2026 at 12:35 PM
mobotmuseum.bsky.social
#InternationalMuseumDay @mobotmuseum.bsky.social
@mobotgarden.bsky.social tell the stories in our rapidly changing communities. Harvested from the wild for medicinal use, Kanahia laniflora is found on freshwater shores from western Africa to Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Arabian Peninsula.
May 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM