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Museums Are Lifting One Another’s Spirits by Sending Around Artist-Painted Bouquets of Flowers on Twitter

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Mar 25, 2020
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Though museums across the
country and around the world are closed for the time being, they
remain committed to showcasing beautiful works of art, especially
those that inspire calm—a trend the Twitterverse recently dubbed
#MuseumMomentofZen. But then, yesterday afternoon, a new art museum hashtag
began racking up engagement—so much so that it made rank among the
day’s most popular trends as a featured Twitter Moment.

It all began when the New-York
Historical Society started “sending” bouquets of flowers to other
major art institutions. The first lucky recipient was the
Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery, which each
received an image of a sprig of apple blossoms by American painter
Martin Johnson Heade.

“We hope this #MuseumBouquet
brightens your day!” the historical society tweeted. The museum was
quick to pay it forward, sending on a grouping of colorful blooms
by H. Lyman Saÿen
to the Akron Art Museum. Soon
enough, many museums were filling their feeds with flora and
messages of support for one another, with contributions from
institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim,
the Cooper Hewitt, the Frick Collection, the MassArt Museum, the
Smithsonian, the Field Museum, the MCA Chicago, and the Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden. 

Below, check out some of our
favorite highlights from this sweet community-building
exercise. 

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Mar 25, 2020
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Though museums across the country and around the world are closed for the time being, they remain committed to showcasing beautiful works of art, especially those that inspire calm—a trend the Twitterverse recently dubbed #MuseumMomentofZen. But then, yesterday afternoon, a new art museum hashtag began racking up engagement—so much so that it made rank among...

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