International Museum Day 18 May 2025

International Museum Day

This International Museum Day, let"s immerse ourselves in Raoul Dufy"s 600-square-metre fresco. The "La Fée Electricité" (The Spirit of Electricity) is housed at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. This stunning artwork was created for the Pavilion of Light and Electricity at the 1937 International Exhibition of Art and Technology in Modern Life. The painting was inspired by the poem "On the Nature of Things," written by Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius. Raoul Dufy"s work vividly depicts the evolution of electricity through two main themes: the history of electricity and its applications.

© BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Sunlight turning silver to gold
Ablaze with colour
18 May 2024International Museum Day
18 May 2026International Museum Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

30 Nov 2023Leadenhall Market, London
Sep 2, 2023National Hummingbird Day
A braided river
28 Apr 2025Impala in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
23 Apr 2024Saint Georges Day
14 Mar 2025Celebrating Pi Day
A window to the Pacific
7 Aug 2025Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
20 Oct 2024International Sloth Day
Remembering D-Day
30 May 2026Plains zebra foal in Etosha National Park, Namibia
9 Feb 2026Amur leopard cat, Russia
We’ve identified these ‘flying objects’
History awaits atop the hill
Look up, incoming…
27 Feb 2025International Polar Bear Day
Man-made, meandering Lake Powell
1 Aug 2024Floating fruit market, Kaptai Lake, Rangamati, Bangladesh
14 Jun 2026Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United States
Christmas flowers
6 Nov 2025Celebrating Yi Peng
Stones on the solstice
31 Oct 2024Happy Halloween!
Flying the flag for Pride
5 Mar 2026Evening over Göreme, Cappadocia, Türkiye
21 Dec 2024Burning the Clocks
14 Aug 2026Wildlife crossing near Zakrzów, Poland
Ablaze with colour
30 Oct 2025Pushkar Camel Fair
Big rocks, big heads