Some 50 Italian museums have joined about 500 others worldwide for the global Twitter event #MuseumWeek, organizers said Monday.
The event is aimed at bringing together museums, art galleries and lovers of culture on the social network during the final week of March to share their experiences.
This year will mark the second such event, over seven days with seven themes using the same hashtag.
Representing Italy are museums ranging from the Reggia di Venaria in Turin to Naples Mother Museum Mother to the Palazzo Reale in Genoa and the Bologna region's Genus Bononiae route.
The first MuseumWeek in 2014 included about 74 Italian museums among the 630 European institutions, logging more than 260,000 tweets through the event.
The seven themes this year include behind-the-scenes activities, visitors' memories of museums, and photos of favourite spots including selfies.
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