Photo by payal.jhaveri.Visiting art museums, once a mostly passive and individual experience, has become much more interactive lately, thanks to the advent of social media. At places like the Phillips Collection and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Twitter, Facebook, iTunes and YouTube are making it possible for museum-goers to engage in conversation with one another and learn more about artists and their work. Check below for the more interesting feeds to follow and informative podcasts to download so you can get a little closer to the great works of art D.C.’s museums have to offer.
The Phillips Collection has a Twitter feed (@PhillipsMuseum) which streams live in the Man Ray exhibition. They also have a Facebook page, and use both to solicit reactions from museum-goers about art. The Phillips also offers podcasts featuring excerpts of their Sunday concerts.
The Phillips also teamed up with the American Poetry Museum to develop a series of YouTube videos that examine African-American heritage. Poetic Voices 2.0 asks poets to respond to poet Countee Cullen’s 1925 poem Heritage. Visit the Philips’ YouTube channel.
