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Hundreds of Museums Around the World Are Sending Each Other Bouquets of Art Historical Flowers to Spread Love in a Dark Time

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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 and the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
started “sending” bouquets of flowers to other major art
institutions. The first lucky recipient was the Smithsonian
American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery, which 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, hundreds of museums—365, to be exact—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, and the MCA
Chicago.

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

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