Today is #MusMeme day. The terrible pun has borne some fantastic memes from cultural institutions around the world, including here in London. A couple of common themes run through the memes, including touching things that you're not supposed to touch, and visitors turning up five minutes before the museum closes. Without further ado, here are some of our favourite memes shared by London museums on the #MusMeme hashtag:
When you're in the Spanish Armada and it's too late #MusMeme pic.twitter.com/zVKecS0S6i
— Royal Mus. Greenwich (@RMGreenwich) August 22, 2018
So we heard it's #MusMeme day.
— NaturalHistoryMuseum (@NHM_London) August 22, 2018
A classic. pic.twitter.com/NToKPZTK7e
Hercules Linton wishes everyone a happy #MusMeme day. pic.twitter.com/LltJqzITnO
— Royal Mus. Greenwich (@RMGreenwich) August 22, 2018
Mid-week museum memes anyone? #MusMeme Day pic.twitter.com/GGp9tYYLzN
— RCP museum (@RCPmuseum) August 22, 2018
When you're going for the minimalist look. #musmeme https://t.co/fJHnNqUkUX pic.twitter.com/xF5SeMqWqj
— RoyalCollectionTrust (@RCT) August 22, 2018
Tours @BofBBunker are at 10.15am, 11.30am, 12.45pm, 2:00pm and 3.15pm 😎 #MusMeme pic.twitter.com/rIj00o1Dfd
— Hillingdon Heritage (@LBH_Heritage) August 22, 2018
Some of our collections items smell delicious… #MusMeme @CultureThemes #collectionsmanagement pic.twitter.com/b2xsTAWptY
— Bank of England Museum (@boemuseum) August 22, 2018
When you get distracted by the architecture when taking a family photo @britishmuseum #MusMeme pic.twitter.com/98lyvTlnZr
— James Wilkinson (@WilkinsonJamesD) August 22, 2018
When your GF is a skeleton and you're cool with it #MusMeme pic.twitter.com/61Br171nfO
— Wellcome Collection (@ExploreWellcome) August 22, 2018
Wednesday’s are different, duh! #musmeme pic.twitter.com/O9VWgcU9aL
— Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum (@WimbledonMuseum) August 22, 2018
You can almost hear the words. #MusMeme pic.twitter.com/7veAp7dAtS
— NaturalHistoryMuseum (@NHM_London) August 22, 2018
When it's #MusMeme day and you're waiting for @TheMERL to say it. pic.twitter.com/G3cjk9n7YL
— Horniman Museum and Gardens (@HornimanMuseum) August 22, 2018
(If you don't know your memes, that reference to @TheMERL refers to this tweet back in April)
And a few that aren't from London, but made us chuckle anyway:
When Alexander McKee started his search for the Mary Rose in 1965, people thought he was mad.
— The Mary Rose (@MaryRoseMuseum) August 22, 2018
Proved them wrong, didn't he...#MusMemehttps://t.co/Hcbx6cYEks pic.twitter.com/RCLGW56ZSp
#MusMeme #Hangin wit my #Peeps #Pepys pic.twitter.com/eezebqQffS
— Crucial Bang (@crucial_bang) August 22, 2018
We asked a curator to do our #MusMeme pic.twitter.com/hGj2K9Rleq
— National Science and Media Museum (@mediamuseum) August 22, 2018
Seeing as though it's #MusMeme day we had to share this classic meme from the Castle with you! #HeverCastle #DistractedBoyfriend #Memes pic.twitter.com/MW2S6Cpf6o
— Hever Castle (@hevercastle) August 22, 2018
