--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now You Can Visit the World's First Selfie Museum 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 selfieGetty 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. Then tweet, ‘gram, and #TBT to your heart’s content. _This_ [_article_](http://www.travelandleisure.com/blogs/art-in-island-philippines-selfie-museum?xid=PS%5Ftime) _originally appeared on_ [_Travel + Leisure_](http://www.travelandleisure.com/)_._ _More from Travel + Leisure:_ * [The Most Extreme Travel Instagrammers](http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/extreme-travel-instagrammers?xid=PS%5Ftime) * [The Most Pinned Travel Photos](http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/most-pinned-travel-photos?xid=PS%5Ftime) * [The Darkest Skies in the World](http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/worlds-most-beautiful-dark-sky-sites-stargazing-tourism?xid=PS%5Ftime) * [Best Places to Travel in 2015](http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/best-places-to-travel-in-2015?xid=PS%5Ftime) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3767839/first-selfie-museum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3767839/first-selfie-museum/"},"headline":"Now You Can Visit the World's First Selfie Museum","datePublished":"2015-04-10T21:21:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:54.575Z","description":"No need for a selfie stick","url":"https://time.com/3767839/first-selfie-museum/","keywords":["Living","Travel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta07905150c4857d1/6987eaa83c1639224c455719/selfie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Caroline Hallemann / Travel + Leisure"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta07905150c4857d1/6987eaa83c1639224c455719/selfie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"selfie","caption":"selfie","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3767839/first-selfie-museum/","name":"Now You Can Visit the World's First Selfie Museum"}}]}] ```