During the month of October, libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world will be gearing up for Halloween by sharing spooky, creepy, or otherwise frightening books and images from their collections on social media using the hashtag #PageFrights. Follow along and join the conversation on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, and other social media sites.
We also invite you to carve a pumpkin using patterns inspired by #PageFrights content. Visit our Pumpkin Pattern Gallery (which will be available starting in October) to browse and download free patterns and share your carved pumpkins on social media using the #PageFrights hashtag.
Finally, we’re partnering with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) as part of GIF IT UP and encouraging you to create GIFs based on #PageFrights images. Learn more.
Page Frights was inspired by the 2015 #creepyarchives campaign launched by the Medical Historical Library at Yale University. #PageFrights is spearheaded by the Biodiversity Heritage Library, The New York Academy of Medicine, the Medical Historical Library at Yale University, and Smithsonian Libraries.
Are you an institution interested in participating in Page Frights? Learn more about how to participate here.