Ok, so I love museums but I am sadly aware of that there are people that feels the opposite. There seem to be a whole group of men and women who are forced to come with their friends to museums but really feels that they are the most boring thing ever. I have come up with some tips to make time go a little bit faster during a museum visit for those poor people.
It is allowed to be childish and silly.
Go all in on counting a certain something and see how many there are. In a museum (if it’s an art museum) there’s usually a lot of nudity – how many breasts or bums can you spot during your visit? Sometimes it’s okay to act like a child for the sake of fun.
Take photos of you trying to copy the paintings and sculptures.
Try to make fun of the artworks. You don’t have to take everything so serious and trust me, there are a lot of weird paintings out there to make jokes about. Read my blog post about art memes and you might get the picture.
Spend the whole visit in the museum shop instead, there are often lots of cool things.
Take the role as the art historian. Surprise your friends with some smart facts about the museums’ art or artists. They wouldn’t expect that from you, huh?
Start chatting with the staff (you know the ones who are supervising the rooms), they always look so bored and tired. Maybe you can get some sympathy from him or her.
They usually have great cafées and restaurants in the bigger museums. If you have a goal with the museum visit, to have some food there before you leave, maybe you can endure the visit. My opinion is that eating something good almost is worth anything, even the most boring museum.
Dress up as an art and culture loving nerd (i.e. copy your friends who forced you to go to the museum). You gotta be it to feel it!
Hopefully, these tips will make somebody enjoy a museum visit a little bit more and won’t make them feel like taking a nap as soon as they have entered the building. Everybody knows that if you snooze you loose. That’s just a basic fact.
Copying sculptures and nudity at Glyptoteket, Copenhagen.