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Glanmore National Historic Site has locked in the final Museum Dance Off 4 Thunderdome spot, representing Canada!

Every museum who entered - you’re amazing, and I love you for jumping into a weird idea with both feet and having fun. Some people scoff at this, but those people are the sort that can suck the fun out of any party when they see people enjoying something.  I think activities such as these are valuable for museums and our visitors in that they foster fierce loyalty, local pride, and show how museums are more than stuffy halls and dusty objects. They are living, breathing educational institutions made up of not only objects, but the people are have decided to make it their mission to care about them. Thank you, thank you, thank you for participating!

We’ve gone from 41 museums to 4. Thunderdome will begin Monday, May 8th at 8am (Eastern Time) and run for 24 hours. Four will enter, one will leave victorious. The competitors are:  

The Mob Museum - Representing USA Herman Ottó Múzeum - UK/Europe Region Glanmore National Historic Site - Representing Canada Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences/Powerhouse Museum - Representing AUS/NZ/Oceania Region

And, when we announce the Thunderdome Champion on May 9th, we will also announce our Judge’s Choice awards!

Earlier the new Breaking Benjamin album, Dark Before Dawn, came out. 

easily the most diverse team the country has ever fielded - 2 are black (Simone and Gabby), one is Latina (Laurie), and one is Jewish (Aly) (there’s also Madison, who is a sweetheart)

just won team gold by 8 points, which is basically a blowout

Gabby and Aly are now the only American gymnasts to win 3 Olympic golds, and the only two to ever win two team golds

Simone will likely catch up during the event finals, as she has 4 other chances to win gold coming up (she qualified in 1st for all-around, vault, beam, and floor) and is highly favoured in all of them

Aly qualified 2nd into all-around and floor

Gabby qualified a close 3rd into bars (and would have been 3rd in all-around if not for the 2 per country rule)

Madison qualified 1st into bars

Laurie qualified 2nd into beam (and would have been 4th on floor)

I’m pretty sure that the entire team that performed beam had scores high enough to qualify for event finals if not for the 2 per country rule

it’s likely that they will win 5 golds, 3 silvers, and a bronze in the coming days in addition to their team gold