Museums Using Social Media - A List of Lists [March 2 2009] [Permalink] [Trackback

Here’s a quick collection of lists of museums active in the social media space.

Museums on Twitter (click here to download the full spreadsheet):

Museums on Twitter name followers
brooklynmuseum brooklynmuseum 12679
thewomensmuseum The Women’s Museum 1451
sciencemuseum Science Museum 1373
exploratorium The Exploratorium 1233
gr_art_museum GR_Art_Museum 794
knoxart Knoxville Museum Art 728
woodenboat Spaulding Center 664
mattressfactory Jeffrey @ the MF 638
eastmanhouse EastmanHouse 596
atamnh AMNH 566
grmuseum Grand Rapids Museum 560
24_hour_museum 24 Hour Museum 524
thefranklin thefranklin 514
henryartgallery Henry Art Gallery 507
rubinmuseum Rubin Museum of Art 497
cincycac Contemporary Arts 469
americanart americanart 416
huntermuseum Hunter Museum 379
asuartmuseum Diane Wallace 349
21stcenturyabe 21stCenturyAbe 306
asianartmuseum Asian Art Museum 291
arc_appalachia Arc of Appalachia 208
mfsm MFSM 168
fortsmithcvb FortSmith CVB 136
sciencemuseummn sciencemuseummn 108
chemheritage chemheritage 90
edventure EdVenture 83
cyberville Cyberville 59
artglassmuseum Bergstrom-Mahler Msm 39

And, compiled by other diligent reseazrchers on the web, we have:

And finally, a couple of nice links discussing the “whys”, “whats” and other considerations for museums thinking about getting into the social media space:



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COMMENT by Pit® [March 3 2009 ]

http://twitter.com/MuseumModernArt followers: 6,742


COMMENT by Jennifer Dlugozima [March 5 2009 ]

Nice post! For museums, social media makes a lot of sense. It’s a great way to stay in front of the public, and potential donors. Good information.




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