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Kahkiihtwaam ee-pee-kiiweehtataahk: Bringing it back home again
The story of how a critically endangered Indigenous language can be saved
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Canada has no shortage of museums dedicated to preserving our country’s wonders and, if Museum Selfie Day is any indication, no shortage of Canadians interested in learning about them.
Museum Selfie Day was started in 2014 by UK-based blogger Mar Dixon, who leads monthly Twitter events aimed at highlighting the fun, un-stuffy side of museums and cultural institutions around the world. Her other inventive hashtags have encouraged museum lovers to share photos of everything from museum staircases to museum cats.
This year’s Museum Selfie Day has been a resounding success, with the event hashtag, #MuseumSelfie, trending worldwide on Twitter.
Here, we’ve collected a few of our favourite selfies from museums across Canada. Share yours on Twitter with the hashtag #MuseumSelfie! Just don’t forget to be respectful of the museum’s exhibits and other visitors; check out the Royal Ontario Museum’s Selfie Guide for tips.
#museumselfie day @ROMtoronto @ROMBiodiversity #atROM pic.twitter.com/x3nWdh4IqG
— Vincent Luk (@VincentLuk_) January 20, 2016
One of *many* attempts at a #museumselfie @ROMtoronto. Or should I say…#sealfie? @MuseumSelfieDay pic.twitter.com/2fjsvfsCQM
— Lexie Buchanan (@lexiebuchanan) January 20, 2016
Happy #MuseumSelfie day! (Jumbles from @fortyork‘s cookbook Setting a Fine Table). #foodie pic.twitter.com/HpSgto4sv4
— Melissa (@melbey1) January 20, 2016
A #museumselfie from the field. Collecting plants for @MuseumofNature, Nunavut, 2012. Mosquitoes everywhere! pic.twitter.com/qZCBr8BcKM
— Paul Sokoloff (@paul_sokoloff) January 20, 2016
Everyone loves taking selfies at the museum. #museumselfie #museumselfieday -IM pic.twitter.com/Vh77xS06aw
— Maritime Museum (@ns_mma) January 20, 2016
It is chilly! RT @enertweets: Jonathan enjoying a hot cup of joe @SciTechMuseum on #museumselfie day. #selfheat pic.twitter.com/8xIRLONPXl
— #SciTechMuseum (@SciTechMuseum) January 20, 2016
Our Twitter-less Anna poses with McCrae’s favourite dog, Bonneau! #MuseumSelfie @guelphmuseums pic.twitter.com/UQQryraW86
— Lisette (@SetteCom) January 20, 2016
Hanging with my homegirl Thetis for #museumselfieday! @MuseumSelfieDay @TheRooms_NL @CityofStJohns @AnneChafe pic.twitter.com/GeUaU1KOPW
— Heather Elliott (@OriginalShipstr) January 20, 2016
Happy #museumselfie day from the @MMGLK #YGK @kingstonmuseums #icebreakers pic.twitter.com/S8EksSI6LZ
— The Marine Museum (@MMGLK) January 20, 2016
It would be a shame not to post a #museumselfie from the @RoyalTyrrell! pic.twitter.com/g4633p6q54
— Jaimee Turner (@msjaimeeturner) January 20, 2016
Me and a moose #museumselfie @royalbcmuseum #seeingeyetoeye pic.twitter.com/lKXSrpo3tT
— Chris O’Connor (@naturalandhuman) January 20, 2016
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