{"id":129,"date":"2016-11-18T20:22:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.nyam.org\/colorourcollections2\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2024-01-03T11:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:41:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.nyam.org\/colorourcollections\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Launched by The New York Academy of Medicine Library in 2016, #ColorOurCollections is an annual coloring festival on social media during which libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions around the world share free coloring content featuring images from their collections.<\/p>\n<p>The annual #ColorOurCollections week generally occurs on the first full week of February, when new coloring books are released on this website and shared throughout the week by the participating institutions on social media. The coloring books from 2024 and previous years remain accessible year-round for free download.<\/p>\n<p>Institutions can find out more about participation on the <a href=\"http:\/\/library.nyam.org\/colorourcollections\/guidelines-for-institutions\/\">Guidelines\u00a0for Institutions<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launched by The New York Academy of Medicine Library in 2016, #ColorOurCollections is an annual coloring festival on social media during which libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions around the world share free coloring content featuring images from their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P87wFE-25","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":319,"url":"https:\/\/library.nyam.org\/colorourcollections\/welcome\/","url_meta":{"origin":129,"position":0},"title":"Welcome","author":"library_admin","date":"January 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the #ColorOurCollections website! This website contains coloring books created by libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions as part of the #ColorOurCollections campaign. #ColorOurCollections week returns February 6-10, 2023! Libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions around the world will share free coloring sheets and books based on materials in\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":298,"url":"https:\/\/library.nyam.org\/colorourcollections\/guidelines-for-institutions\/","url_meta":{"origin":129,"position":1},"title":"Guidelines for Institutions","author":"","date":"January 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"#ColorOurCollections is a fun opportunity for libraries, special collections, archives, and other cultural institutions to share their collections\u00a0with a wide audience and promote their institutions. We hope you join us! 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