Happy MuseumWeek 2021.
MuseumWeek was created in 2014 and is the worldwide festival for cultural institutions on social media. It has grown to include over 60,000 participants from 100+ countries.
Each day of MuseumWeek has a themed hashtag, kicking off with #OnceUponAtimeMW
MuseumWeek 2021's themed days are:
- Monday, June 7: #OnceUponAtimeMW
- Tuesday, June 8: #BehindTheScenesMW
- Wednesday, June 9: #ChildrensEyesMW
- Thursday, June 10: #EurekaMW
- Friday, June 11: #CaptionThisMW
- Saturday, June 12: #ArtIsEverywhereMW
- Sunday, June 13: #WordsForTheFutureMW
Check out the MuseumWeek website for more information.
As the Curator of the Crazy Golf Museum I'm always keen to spread the word about the game of minigolf.
Once upon a time the pastime and sport didn't exist. That changed in 1867 when the world's first miniature golf course was created at St Andrews in Scotland.
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| Emily playing the world's first miniature golf course |
The Himalayas Putting course at St Andrews was created in 1867 specifically for female players to use. Emily and I visited and played the layout on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in 2012. It's a wonderful course in a marvellous setting, and a must-play course for fans of minigolf.
Some of the other key dates in world minigolf are:
- 1916 - The first minigolf course in the USA. James Barber opened the 'Thistle Dhu' layout in Pinehurst, NC.
- 1926 - The very first Crazy Golf course in the UK opened on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England.
- 1926 - The first artificial miniature golf course in the USA. Garnet Carter created the 'Tom Thumb' miniature golf course near Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN.
- National Miniature Golf Day always falls on the second Saturday in May.
- Miniature Golf Day is always on the 21st of September.
The Crazy Golf Museum
The Crazy Golf Museum is celebrating it's eleventh year in 2021. The worldwide archive of miniature golf memories, histories and ephemera opened its online doors to the world on the 15th July 2010.
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