Thanks to ALHFAM for posting the following link on their Face Book page this morning.  It has now got me wondering how many museums have used flash mobs as a marketing tool. Do you know of any other creative/innovative marketing campaigns for museums? (I'm just curious about this topic - I'm not doing a research paper or anything.)

http://www.humo.be/filmpjes/235279/flashmob-brengt-de-nachtwacht-tot-leven
For those of you who's Dutch is rusty, this says: "Following the reopening of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam's shopping Breda transformed into a live version of Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch'.

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Robin H. Gabriel
Director of Education
FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER
7227 Reynolds Street * Pittsburgh, PA 15208
www.TheFrickPittsburgh.org<http://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/>

A Kind of Alchemy: Medieval Persian Ceramics<http://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/collection_exhibitions/exhibitions_current.php>
on view through June 16




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