In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, eighteen major New York City area institutions have joined forces to celebrate their unique collections and spaces on Instagram. All day today, February 2, the museums will post photos from this exciting project.
Each participating museum paired with a sister institution, then set out to take photographs at that institution, capturing objects and moments that resonated with their own collections, exhibitions, and themes. As anticipated, each organization’s unique focus offers a new perspective on their partner museum. Throughout the day, the Frick will showcase its recent visit to the New-York Historical Society on its Instagram feed using the hashtag #MuseumInstaSwap. Posts will emphasize the connections between the two museums and libraries, both cultural landmarks in New York and both beloved for highlighting the city’s rich history. The public is encouraged to follow and interact to discover what each museum’s Instagram staffer discovered in the other’s space.
A complete list of participating museums follows:
American Museum of Natural History @AMNH
The Museum of Modern Art @themuseumofmodernart
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum @intrepidmuseum
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum @cooperhewitt
Museum of the City of New York @MuseumofCityNY
New Museum @newmuseum
The Museum of Arts and Design @madmuseum
Whitney Museum of American Art @whitneymuseum
The Frick Collection @frickcollection
New-York Historical Society @nyhistory
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts @mocada_museum
Neue Galerie New York @neuegalerieny
Queens Museum @queensmuseum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum
Guggenheim Museum @guggenheim
Liberty Science Center @libertysciencecenter
The Studio Museum in Harlem @studiomuseum
The Jewish Museum @thejewishmuseum
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, eighteen major New York City area institutions have joined forces to celebrate their unique collections and spaces on Instagram. All day today, February 2, the museums will post photos from this exciting project. Each participating museum paired with a sister institution, then set out to take photographs at that institution, capturing objects and moments that resonated with their own collections, exhibitions, and themes. As anticipated, each organization’s unique focus offers a new perspective on their partner museum. Throughout the day, the Frick will showcase its recent visit to the New-York Historical Society on its Instagram feed using the hashtag #MuseumInstaSwap. Posts will emphasize the connections between the two museums and libraries, both cultural landmarks in New York and both beloved for highlighting the city’s rich history. The public is encouraged to follow and interact to discover what each museum’s Instagram staffer discovered in the other’s space.