#museums

[beggars-opera]

Museum pet peeve of the day: asking random trivia questions. Either on a tour on on social media. "Who knows what year was X built?" "What does this contraption do?"

It's fine if you're framing it as a "are you a fan of this thing, test your knowledge with a quiz" (one of my favorites did this today) but so often it's just following the letter of the "be interactive" law without following the spirit.

Either you know the answer, and feel superior, or you don't, and feel like an idiot because you think you should have known.

If you're going to actually engage with your audience, you need to give them the opportunity for actual feedback and discussion, dangit. Ask them their opinion about something. Ask them how they feel about a scenario. Ask them if they have any experiences that mirror what you're talking about. Ask them something that will encourage them to do something besides reciting some factoid they remember from elementary school.

[alphonse-mucha-paintings]

-Laurel-

[john-william-waterhouse-art]

-Apollo and Daphne-

[vincent-van-gogh-paintings]

-Coal Barges-

[impressionism-art-history]

Jeanne Samary by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919)

[john-william-godward-paintings]

-Flabellifera-

[gustave-moreau-paintings]

-Leda-

[mineirando]

"Saint George and the Dragon" (1607), by Peter Paul Rubens.

[caravaggio-paintings]

-Beheading of Saint John the Baptist-

[baroque-art-history]

Democritus by Diego Velazquez (1599 - 1660)

[claude-monet-paintings]

-A Corner of the Studio-

[alphonse-mucha-paintings]

-Morning Star-

[john-william-waterhouse-art]

-Gather Ye Rosebuds or Ophelia-

[vincent-van-gogh-paintings]

-Portrait of a One-Eyed Man-

[john-atkinson-grimshaw-art]

-Autumn Gold-