Jennifer Bright

Museum studies MA student at George Washington University. Collections nerd. Knitting obsessed.

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Very interesting!
Baltimore museum to acquire only works by women in 2020 https://t.co/IIQSnyxJS2

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@MollyHMorrissey Omg he’s my fave

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Here I am live tweeting a live tweet at the Donald Trump Presidential Twitter Library. #dailyshowlibrary #thefutureishere

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@AmandaJD4 These are definitely important baseline uses for a museum's Instagram account, but I think we've learned throughout the semester that it can be so much more, ie. engaging and connecting, using tags to be part of a larger conversation!

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Yes, another blog post! #mstdsm https://t.co/ASenCqc1x5

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@citymuseum I've explained it as a hipster repurposed Chuck E Cheese playground that adults can enjoy. I don't think my description serves it justice, though

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Interesting to see the media draw attention to some museum workers' nightmares (especially when loans are broken). Would social be an appropriate space for museums to address these issues? #mstdsm https://t.co/uqFYtPoVCS

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@AmandaJD4 @lamagr22 I definitely agree. I deleted tweets prior to class. They weren't inappropriate, just boring/stupid. But I do love the hordes on twitter that don't hesitate to screenshot questionable tweets, esp. from influential ppl, to hold them accountable later if it blows up and is deleted.

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New blog post! Yes, it might have just been an excuse to talk about knitting #mstdsm https://t.co/WBJEVhNQsp

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Loved the #instameet we had in class today! Felt pretty free purely enjoying aesthetics, looking for cool angles/photo ops and not reading labels or standing still for too long. #mstdsm

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I think this is an interesting collaboration! #mstdsm https://t.co/mE3kFOGKSZ

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@imqueerious @shineslike I agree! If it’s hard for me to get up it’s definitely not very accessible for others

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@imqueerious I’m a huge fan of good benches. Museum fatigue is real and physical as well!

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@JaimezDanny And I feel like this is exactly what social media is good for! Sneak previews as a quick and informal way to get followers excited about something that’s coming up. Could be engaging by getting people to guess what it is they’re teasing us about!

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@JaimezDanny Working in collections there’s definitely things I wish I could take pics of and send to friends while I’m in storage, but I’d have to wait if it goes on display!

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@MuseLifeKP I’ve seen museums do insta takeovers or at least insta story takeovers, which I always find as an interesting collaboration!

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@lamagr22 Captions were often full to capacity then continued by the poster in the comments sections. People were also practically writing blog posts in their Insta stories, separated every few sentences. The pictures in posts often had nothing to do with the text. I found it v interesting

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@lamagr22 I definitely have seen this on Instagram. The knitting community is (perhaps surprisingly) very active online, esp. insta. At the start of the year, a huge conversation about racism and inclusivity was sparked, a convo I don’t think would have happened on any other platform...

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@lamagr22 @JustineThomasM I feel the same way. I totally love Instagram and have a public profile but I’ve never been inclined to go, mostly because I don’t feel trendy enough. But those who do participate could have a different audience than museums, so I understand why they’d be appealing for museums.

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@JaimezDanny I always find it cool to see stuff about Obama’s elections in museums, especially because his was the first presidential election I could vote in. This pic is from @NMAAHC