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DanskPicture a Museum Day
The 17th march The Royal Danish Collections participated in the global digital event "Picture a Museum Day" on the social medias Flickr and Twitter.
More than 6000 pictures were shared from all over the world on Flickr in the group MuseumPics - and more are coming in as we speak. The Royal Danish Collections contributed with 102 pictures and thereby became one of the largest contributers of the group. View all of our pictures here.
During the day you could follow the uploaded photos on @RoyalCollectDK - a profile still in use!
Internationally you could follow various uploads from museums around the world on #MuseumPics as well as you could follow the danish museums on #MuseumPicsdk.
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