Museum Nerd Hats

Museum shops already sell the label. The Broad, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Chrysler Museum and Newfields all stock Museum Nerd merchandise, from a $35 tee to an $85 sweatshirt, and @MuseumNerd is a widely followed art account that Hyperallergic has covered. The wearer is the visitor who reads every placard, and these hats turn museum language back on them. MUSEUM NERD and DOCENT are the plain badges. A docent is a volunteer who shares information about exhibits, and a Travel Binger article notes that most people assume docents are glorified hall monitors in comfortable shoes, a rank FREELANCE MUSEUM DOCENT claims without the lanyard. MUSEUM NERD ON LOAN FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION borrows the wall label's credit line, MUSEUM MEMBER (I GET 10% OFF AT THE GIFT SHOP) does the math on a membership, and MUSEUM WORKER I'M ALLOWED TO TOUCH IT is the staff answer to the do-not-touch sign. I READ EVERY PLACARD is the plain confession. Museums have started selling slogan shirts of their own, including a New England Whaling Museum shirt with a Google one-star review printed on the back, so a museum joke on a hat fits right in. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSING? is for everyone who is never done. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. MUSEUM NERD ON LOAN FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION and WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSING? each come in two colorways.