This week is MuseumWeek.
Since 2014 MuseumWeek has grown to include over 60,000 participants from 100+ countries. It has become the first virtual, worldwide cultural event across social media.
MuseumWeek is an annual offline and online event based on the mechanism 7 days, 7 topics, 7 hashtags.
Find out more on the MuseumWeek website.
The Crazy Golf Museum
As the Curator of the Crazy Golf Museum it's always nice to be able to support museum initiatives such as MuseumWeek.
The Crazy Golf Museum is the world's first virtual crazy golf museum - a worldwide archive of miniature golf memories, histories and ephemera.
Minigolf did you knows:
- The world's first miniature golf course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867.
- James Barber opened the first minigolf course in the USA in 1916. The 'Lilliputian' miniature golf course was called 'Thistle Dhu' and located in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
- A Miniature Golf contest was part of the Olympic Games at the 1904 St Louis Games in the USA.
- Crazy Golf is 99 years old in 2025. The first course using the name 'Crazy Golf' opened on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England in 1926.
- 1926 also saw the first artificial miniature golf course open in the USA. Garnet Carter opened the 'Tom Thumb' miniature golf course near Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- The first National Tom Thumb Golf Championship took place on the 23rd October 1930.
- The first Putt-Putt brand miniature golf course was set-up by Don Clayton in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA in 1954.
- The Crazy Golf Museum is 15 years old in 2025. The virtual online museum is a treasure trove and archive for all things related to minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf, miniature golf, Putt Putt, and putting.
- There are approximately 1,370 miniature golf courses in the British Isles.
- Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is 19 years old in 2025! In that time we've visited over 1,000 courses.
- There are several Guinness World Records for achievements in Minigolf, Miniature Golf, Crazy Golf, Adventure Golf, and Putt-Putt. The 2024 edition of the Guinness World Records book featured a whole page about minigolf and you can find details of the records on the Guinness World Records website.
- There are two 'miniature golf days' each year. 'National Miniature Golf Day' is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2025 the first was on Saturday 10th May. The other minigolf day, 'Miniature Golf Day', is always on the 21st September. In 2025 that will fall on a Sunday.
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