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The Met museum brought a guy dressed up as a ninja turtle to admire Michelangelo's art and peopl

2018-01-26T14:21:00Z
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art is having a Michelangelo exhibit.
  • They invited Michelangelo the Teenage Mutant Turtle to check it out.
  • The photos are hilarious and people are having fun with them.

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting a big exhibition about the Renaissance-era painter Michelangelo Buonarroti, known for painting "The Sistine Chapel Ceiling" and "The Creation of Adam," as well as the sculpture "David." And who better to invite than Michelangelo himself?

And so that's what they did: As a public relations stunt, the Met brought a guy dressed up as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and posted pictures on Twitter.

—The Met (@metmuseum) January 25, 2018

It instantly turned into a meme.

—rachel syme (@rachsyme) January 25, 2018—Jamie McKelvie (@McKelvie) January 25, 2018—Marc (@MarcSnetiker) January 25, 2018—Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) January 25, 2018—blupman. (@blippoblappo) January 25, 2018—Brownsvillain (@Brownsvillain) January 25, 2018

People actually liked it, even though it's marketing.

—Mia Steinberg (@MiaSteinberg) January 25, 2018—Ed Yong (@edyong209) January 25, 2018—devon maloney (@dynamofire) January 25, 2018

But one question lingers: Did Michelangelo have to pay a fee, or is he an in-state resident?

—casey morell (@csymrl) January 25, 2018

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