INSTAGRAM TUTORIAL

On our Museum's blog, you will find posts that will give your a practical and theoretical guide for creating an engaging Instagram account for your institution. This guide is meant to provide useful tips, but if utilized properly, this guide will help you assess how this social media platform can be an important tool for facilitating online engagement with your institution.

You can read the various articles by scrolling through the posts on the Blog homepage (the first post is the most recent and they progress in chronological order), or, if you'd like to browse content by topic, you can click the drop-down menu on the top-left of the blog and find posts by topic (e.g. Utilizing Instagram Stories)

This guide is intended to be relevant for your institution, so start exploring!

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