# 10 museums’ short video animations from #MusGIF day - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/14/10-museum-short-video-animations-musgif-day/ - Published: 2017-04-14T07:40:37+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Museums around the world joined in the #MusGIF fun this week by sharing short, quirky and usually amusing GIFs via Twitter.**   Many charities and fundraisers recognise the value and popularity of digital video, but struggle to create video content. Yet GIFs can offer a quick and free option to create animated content that will attract, inform and entertain. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)   You can get a sense of the range of opportunities from these museums’ contributions from Museums GIF day, one of many creative collaborative campaigns from [@MarDixon](http://twitter.com/MarDixon) at [@CultureThemes](http://twitter.com/CultureThemes).   ## 1. Royal Ontario Museum   > Today is [#MusGIF](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusGIF?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > day & we can hardly contain our excitement! [@CultureThemes](https://twitter.com/CultureThemes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)@ > alyssa_a_mcleod [pic.twitter.com/ovpqDrQQV4](https://t.co/ovpqDrQQV4) > — Royal Ontario Museum (@ROMtoronto) [April 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/ROMtoronto/status/852142273399795712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       ## 2. US National Archives   > Floating pizzas, bucking broncos, marionettes…it's all here for [#MusGif](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusGif?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Day! Our [@GIPHY](https://twitter.com/GIPHY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) channel: [https://t.co/1nD4xOft03](https://t.co/1nD4xOft03) > [#archivesGIF](https://twitter.com/hashtag/archivesGIF?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/vuA28MiQgH](https://t.co/vuA28MiQgH) > — US National Archives (@USNatArchives) [April 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/USNatArchives/status/852148248911519744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   The US National Archives has created so many that it has created its own [GIPHY](https://giphy.com/) channel. GIPHY is a set of free tools to create, publish and share GIFs. [Its GIPHY channel](https://giphy.com/usnationalarchives) currently has 217 GIFs.   The [Skagens Kunstmuseer](https://giphy.com/channel/skagenskunstmuseer) is another museum with its own GIPHY channel.       ## 3. Shangri La, Museum for Islamic Arts and Cultures   > One last [#MusGIF](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusGIF?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > for fun – our favorite anxious [#cat](https://twitter.com/hashtag/cat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! > See the full, non-gif painting from our collection here: [https://t.co/OrJDwFCIcr](https://t.co/OrJDwFCIcr) > [pic.twitter.com/jeTu8xzdyu](https://t.co/jeTu8xzdyu) > — Shangri La Museum (@hi_shangrila) [April 13, 2017](https://twitter.com/hi_shangrila/status/852332465981014016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       ## 4. Waterloo Region Museum   > …because [#MusGif](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusGif?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > day wouldn't be complete without a T-Rex making shadow puppets. [#MeetTheFamily](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeetTheFamily?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#Tyrannosaurs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tyrannosaurs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/U8gnHvWMhg](https://t.co/U8gnHvWMhg) > — Region of Waterloo Museums & Archives (@RWMuseumArchive) [April 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/RWMuseumArchive/status/852278920984629248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       ## 5. Glasgow Women’s Library   > Another [#MusGIF](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusGIF?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)… > because why not! > "May fun be alive and kicking" [pic.twitter.com/5441tkWLiI](https://t.co/5441tkWLiI) > — Glasgow Women's Library (@womenslibrary) [April 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/womenslibrary/status/852258497953759232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       ## 6. National Portrait Gallery   > A [#MusGif](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusGif?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) of > Antony Gormley's Self, currently on display in the Main Hall [pic.twitter.com/rWuBNhdn6t](https://t.co/rWuBNhdn6t) > — National Portrait Gallery (@NPGLondon) [April 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/NPGLondon/status/852121883042615296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       ## 7. Birmingham Museums   > Not for the squeamish! Padimut, mummy of priest of the goddess Mut, 21st dynasty( > 1085-935 BC). His brain has been removed via nose! [#MusGif](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusGif?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/LiiPm56kHS](https://t.co/LiiPm56kHS) > — Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (@BM_AG) [April 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/BM_AG/status/852247606050926594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       ## 8. National Museums Scotland   > Happy [#Musgif](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Musgif?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > day! We’ll start with a musical number from this embroidered silk angel [https://t.co/mozSJbIMhZ](https://t.co/mozSJbIMhZ) > [pic.twitter.com/qcHDBaN9ui](https://t.co/qcHDBaN9ui) > — National Museums Scotland (@NtlMuseumsScot) [April 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/NtlMuseumsScot/status/852113977073180672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 9. Derby Museums   > Just a normal day at Derby Museums… our Senior Fine Art Curator Lucy aka [@DMJosephWright](https://twitter.com/DMJosephWright?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > getting excited about Joseph Wright 💕 [#MusGif](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusGif?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/psbXErRYGp](https://t.co/psbXErRYGp) > — Derby Museums (@derbymuseums) [April 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/derbymuseums/status/852223420091817984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   You will note that Derby Museum’s used the free [MakeAGIF.com](https://makeagif.com/) service to create their animation.       ## 10. The Postal Museum   > This summer 'unfold' Britain's remarkable social & communications history 💌[https://t.co/RPdPIVcDgT](https://t.co/RPdPIVcDgT) > [#museum](https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#openingsoon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/openingsoon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#MusGif](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusGif?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/5Rbu2U0BBX](https://t.co/5Rbu2U0BBX) > — The Postal Museum (@thepostalmuseum) [April 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/thepostalmuseum/status/852211218018443264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       ## More #MusGIFs   If that wasn’t quite enough for you, try exploring [more #MusGIFs](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23musgif).       ## Illuminating GIFs at the Bodleian Library   One organisation that has really gone to town with GIFs has been the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.   Adam Koszary spent a year there working on its social media accounts and devoted some of his time to animating some of the museum’s medieval images. He wondered if animated illuminated manuscripts might not look appropriate from such a seat of scholarship, but [found that the GIFs proved very popular](https://inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/bodleians-social-media-hotbed-excellent-gifs/).   He started off by creating a GIF around a particular date or occasion, such as St Patrick’s Day. Then he moved on to hashtag-driven dates such as #InternationalCoffeeDay, and then simply offering a comment on the weather, such as an image depicting sinners in Hell to illustrate some hot summer days at Oxford.   > Medieval Punch and Judy.[https://t.co/WDt7EYZqCE](https://t.co/WDt7EYZqCE) [pic.twitter.com/FSgl1Nyl8v](https://t.co/FSgl1Nyl8v) > — Bodleian Libraries (@bodleianlibs) [January 9, 2017](https://twitter.com/bodleianlibs/status/818481712577380352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       > Goodbye, Dr Heimlich.[https://t.co/DVL6TZWfQj](https://t.co/DVL6TZWfQj) [pic.twitter.com/JMWio4uP8U](https://t.co/JMWio4uP8U) > — Bodleian Libraries (@bodleianlibs) [December 18, 2016](https://twitter.com/bodleianlibs/status/810427638724464640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       > We just entered the [@UKBlogAwards](https://twitter.com/UKBlogAwards?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > b/c we think things like this should get awards. [#UKBA17](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UKBA17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [https://t.co/QTpsklJJw1](https://t.co/QTpsklJJw1) [pic.twitter.com/WsxoYR8Ibd](https://t.co/WsxoYR8Ibd) > — Bodleian Libraries (@bodleianlibs) [November 15, 2016](https://twitter.com/bodleianlibs/status/798567011102048256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       > We are a [@UKBlogAwards](https://twitter.com/UKBlogAwards?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Finalist! > Thank you to everyone who voted, we couldn't have done it without you. > [#UKBA17](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UKBA17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)[https://t.co/jlzSWFCdEl](https://t.co/jlzSWFCdEl) > [pic.twitter.com/D8h3GV4TtI](https://t.co/D8h3GV4TtI) > — Bodleian Libraries (@bodleianlibs) [January 2, 2017](https://twitter.com/bodleianlibs/status/815925364316901376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       > Did you know a couple of the Muses once fell off the Clarendon Building? > We tie > them down properly now. [pic.twitter.com/aoDbX2mUTq](https://t.co/aoDbX2mUTq) > — Bodleian Libraries (@bodleianlibs) [November 4, 2016](https://twitter.com/bodleianlibs/status/794563003689631744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   > Nothing says [#Halloween](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halloween?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > like being on fire forever.[https://t.co/6mjkBs6pwK](https://t.co/6mjkBs6pwK) > [pic.twitter.com/W8jhtzGLtY](https://t.co/W8jhtzGLtY) > — Bodleian Libraries (@bodleianlibs) [October 31, 2016](https://twitter.com/bodleianlibs/status/793088503441657857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       ![](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2026/07/Tweet-video-thumb.jpg)       Koszary, who suggests using Photoshop and the open source [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/), to create GIFs concluded:   “Animating our historic collections is a good thing. They can enlighten and they can entertain, and that is what museums and libraries should be doing.”   His approach has clearly inspired others:   > You've made it to Tuesday – high five! [#TuesdayMotivation](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TuesdayMotivation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/xHT900Y49W](https://t.co/xHT900Y49W) > — History of Medicine Library Oxford (@HistMedLibOx) [March 28, 2017](https://twitter.com/HistMedLibOx/status/846720782269005824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       _Main image: [Zoetrope by The Film Museum on Flickr.com](https://flic.kr/p/c4FKGo)_   * **What’s your favourite GIF creation tool? Share in the comments below.** * **[Heritage Lottery Fund NI targets specific areas for funding](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/25/hlf-ni-targets-specific-areas-funding/)**( 25 April 2017) * **[Giving to Heritage training programme helps groups raise £3.15 million](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/12/01/giving-heritage-training-programme-helps-groups-raise-3-15m/)**( 1 December 2017) * **[Fundraising conference for Scotland’s heritage sector takes place this month](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/04/13/fundraising-conference-scotlands-heritage-sector-takes-place-month/)**( 13 April 2018) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif) ## Comments ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/14/10-museum-short-video-animations-musgif-day/#comment-2957 - Published: 2017-04-14T08:32:00+01:00 I could have added more. So here’s one of Martin Luther, given he has a rather big anniversary this year: [https://twitter.com/MusJeanneAlbret/status/852175381025234947](https://twitter.com/MusJeanneAlbret/status/852175381025234947) ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/14/10-museum-short-video-animations-musgif-day/#comment-2958 - Published: 2017-04-14T08:34:00+01:00 There were plenty of \#MusGifs that might succeed in putting you off visiting a museum! [https://twitter.com/puppetarchive/status/852183203435687937](https://twitter.com/puppetarchive/status/852183203435687937) ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/14/10-museum-short-video-animations-musgif-day/#comment-2959 - Published: 2017-04-14T09:30:00+01:00 Stuck with an idea of what to animate? A museum’s visitors can help: [https://twitter.com/BM\_AG/status/852203795643846657](https://twitter.com/BM_AG/status/852203795643846657) ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/14/10-museum-short-video-animations-musgif-day/#comment-2960 - Published: 2017-04-14T09:31:00+01:00 What to animate? Try a quick peak behind-the-scenes. [https://twitter.com/OshawaMuseum/status/852194098035408897](https://twitter.com/OshawaMuseum/status/852194098035408897) ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/14/10-museum-short-video-animations-musgif-day/#comment-2961 - Published: 2017-04-14T09:35:00+01:00 What to animate? Look above you. [https://twitter.com/CuttySark/status/852194853156864000](https://twitter.com/CuttySark/status/852194853156864000)