The Metropolitan Museum of Art Banned Selfie Sticks

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Banned Selfie Sticks - by Charlotte Alter/ Tech/ Art/ Time.com

"Museums worry they could hurt other visitors or damage the art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is banning selfie sticks. So, if you’re hoping to Instagram yourself standing in the Temple of Dendur, you may be out of luck..."


Ed Jones—AFP/Getty Images A couple use a 'selfie stick' to take a photo overlooking the city skyline of central Seoul on Nov. 26, 2014.


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Selfie Stick Bans Go Into Effect at French, UK Attractions - by Greg Keller/ The Associated Press/ pulse.me

" "Selfie sticks" have now been banned at a French palace and a British museum, joining a growing list of global tourist attractions to take such measures.

The devices are used to improve snapshots, but critics say they are obnoxious and potentially dangerous. Officials at Palace of Versailles outside Paris, and Britain's National Gallery in London, announced the bans Wednesday, saying they need to protect artworks and other visitors.

Other places that have put limits on the selfie-stick craze:.."




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Just tell them it's a monopod and watch their head explode

Banning selfie sticks at museums seems to be pretty common lately. Some of the Texas museums have banned them.

http://www.chron.com/life/article/Texas-museums-banning-selfie-sticks-6092808.php