UPDATE (July 2016) International Museum Workers Day #IMWD aims to educate the public about various professions in the museum world – including art and heritage.
The THIRD International Museum Workers Day will take place on June 29, 2017.
An advocacy project initiated by MUSEUMVIEWS, #IMWD was previously called International Hug A Museum Worker Day #HAMuseumW.
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On Monday June 29th, 2015, thousands of museums, museums associations, and museum professionals in more than thirty countries celebrated The 1st International Hug A Museum Worker Day.
As of Tuesday June 30, 2015, #HAMuseumw (hashtag, alone!) had generated 4,9 million impressions on Twitter (via Hashtracking). This number excludes all other engagements across social media (Twitter, Faceboo, Tumblr and Instagram).
And, thanks to our British colleagues in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, #HAMuseumW made it to Top 100 trends on Twitter (on June 29th).
In the meantime, here is a sampling museums, museums associations and museum professionals that celebrated The 1st International Hug A Museum Worker Day.:
International Council of Museums (ICOM-US)
Education and Cultural Action (ICOM-CECA)
Association of Art Museum Directors, USA
American Association of Museums (Media & Technology Committee), USA
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), New York
Nat Geo Museum, Washington DC
National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Mauritshuis Museum, The Netherlands
National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
Nato Geo Live (National Georgraphic Explorers)
Association of Nova Scotia Museums
Western Museums Association, Washington
Museo Nazionale dell’Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah, Italy
Nationalmuseet, Denmark
Association of Science-Technology Centers, Washington DC
Association of Manitoba Museums, Canada
Nobel Museum, Sweden
ICON The Institute of Conservation, England
The Jewish Museum London, Great Britain
Museo de la Alhambra, Spain
Emergin Museum Professionals BC, Canada
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
Musei Firenze (Palazzo Vecchio), Italy
Museum of Technology, University of Cambridge, England
National Museum in Krakow, Poland
Museum of Cambridge, England
Musée de la tapisserie d’Aubusson, France
Michigan Museums Association, Michigan
Museum Media , The Netherlands
Hammer Museum (UCLA), California
Musée des Ursulines de Québec, CANADA
Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia, Colombia
Blanton Museum, Texas
Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities, Brussels
University of Cambridge Museum, England
Hawaii Museums Association, Hawaii
Museums and the Web, Australia
Canadian Centre for Architecture/ Centre Canadien d’Architecture, Quebec
Canada Aviation and Space Museum/ Le Musée de l’aviation et de l’espace du Canada, Canada
Canadian Association for Conservation/ Association canadienne pour la conservation et la restauration, Canada
Museum Education Roundtable, Washington DC
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Michigan
The Museum Computer Network, New York City
National Park Services (Cultural Resources), West Virginia
Danish Maritime Museum, Denmark
Associació de Museòlegs de Catalunya, Spain
Association of Manitoba Museums, Canada
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Spain
Museums Association of Saskatchewan, Canada
Tennessee Association of Museums, USA
Portland Museums Professionals, Oregan
Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada, Spain
Small Museums Association, USA
Museum of Antiquities (Uni Saskatchewan), Canada
Villa Médicis, Italy
Natural History Museum, England
Norsk Teknisk Museum, Norway
Michigan Science Center, Michigan
Museo de Arte de PR, Puerto Rico
University of Alberta Museums, Canada
Muzeum Historii Fotografii, Poland
Museum of Chinese in America, New York
The Institute For American Indian Studies, Washington DC
Museums Association Scotland, Scotland
National Museum of Wales, Wales
Science World, Canada
Ottowa Museum Network, Canada
Swedish Museum of Science and Technology, Sweden
Beamish Museum, Great Britain
Associazione Nazionale Piccoli Musei, Italy
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, New York
North Carolina Museum of History, North Carolina
Montana Historical Society, Montana
Le Musée québécois de culture populaire, Quebec
Ludwig Múzeum, Hungary
The PA Historical & Museum Commission, Pennsylvania
Klassik Stiftung Wiemar (Museen, Schlösser und Parks, Archive und Bibliothek), Germany
Brightom Museums, England
State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw/ Państwowe Muzeum Etnograficzne w Warszawie, Poland
Casa Battlo Gaudi, Spain
Society for Promotion of Museology in the Balctics, Latvia
Museum of Science and Industry, Florida
Emerging Museum Professionals Cincinnati, Ohio
Yukon Historical & Museums Association, Canada
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Michigan
For a more complete though in no way conclusive list, visit HugAMuseumWorker.org
“We’re always inspired by the Holocaust survivors who serve at #USHMM as Museum volunteers.Thank You! #HugAMuseumWorker #HAMuseumW” – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
