Now there’s a museum of selfies, too…

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Last week, professional famous person and aspiring artist Paris Hilton took to Twitter to claim that she and Britney Spears had ‘invented’ the selfie…

11 years ago today, Me & Britney invented the selfie! pic.twitter.com/1byOU5Gp8J

— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) November 19, 2017

As regular readers will know, Hilton – who describes her as yet un-exhibited artistic efforts as ‘Warhol-esque of now’ – is something of a cultural pioneer. So it is that her flash of inspiration, all those years ago, is about to be institutionalised – with a pop-up ‘Museum of Selfies’ opening in Glendale, California.

According to its Twitter account, the ‘museum’ will feature ‘hands-on installations that examine the 40,000 year history, science, art and culture of self representation’. And, says a report in TimeOut, visitors will be treated to exhibits including ‘an Iron Throne made of selfie sticks’ and a display dedicated to the ‘food selfie’. Ahem. Or, as one Twitter user had it:

we’re doomed https://t.co/ADzz061Kct

— Katya Kotlyar (@katologic) November 29, 2017

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