--- title: This Is the World's First Selfie Museum description: No need for a selfie stick canonical: https://time.com/3767839/first-selfie-museum/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-10T21:21:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:54.575Z og:title: Now You Can Visit the World's First Selfie Museum og:description: No need for a selfie stick og:url: https://time.com/3767839/first-selfie-museum/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta07905150c4857d1/6987eaa83c1639224c455719/selfie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3425 og:image:height: 1927 og:image:alt: selfie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Now You Can Visit the World's First Selfie Museum twitter:description: No need for a selfie stick twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta07905150c4857d1/6987eaa83c1639224c455719/selfie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now You Can Visit the World's First Selfie Museum > Sponsored content. 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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters. by [Caroline Hallemann / Travel + Leisure](https://time.com/author/travel-leisure/) ## Caroline Hallemann / Travel + Leisure Apr 10, 2015 9:21 PM UTC  woman holding up phone to take selfie woman holding up phone to take selfie Getty Images by [Caroline Hallemann / Travel + Leisure](https://time.com/author/travel-leisure/) ## Caroline Hallemann / Travel + Leisure Apr 10, 2015 9:21 PM UTC Forget about those stodgy art institutions [banning selfie sticks](http://www.travelandleisure.com/blogs/at-museums-selfie-sticks-are-shunned). Now there’s a museum [specifically designed](http://hyperallergic.com/191194/an-art-museum-designed-for-taking-selfies/) for social media snapshots. Like something straight out of out of a Tumblr exec’s fantasy, a new attraction called [Art in Island](https://www.facebook.com/artinisland) in the Philippines uses 3D replicas of paintings to put visitors in the center of art’s most famous masterpieces. It has thus been [dubbed](http://hyperallergic.com/191194/an-art-museum-designed-for-taking-selfies/) the planet’s first-ever selfie museum. Actively encouraging guests to share their experiences with friends, family, and followers, museum corporate secretary Blyth Cambaya [explains that](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94eV2k1nikc&feature=youtu.be), “here, art paintings are not complete if you are not with them, if you don’t take pictures with them.” So step into van Gogh’s swirly sky, pose for a pic in King Tut’s Tomb, or play a hand with C. M. Coolidge’s poker-loving dogs. 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