article_snippet: (CNN)Want to take a self-portrait using your snazzy new selfie stick in front of London's National GalleryLondon's National Gallery?
article_snippet: Selfies turn museums into playgrounds for a day .
article_snippet: I'm all for photos in museums as that is a memory -- a personal memory -- of your visit," Dixon wrote in an email.
article_snippet: But not selfie sticks, which Dixon says allow you to invade other people's personal space.
article_snippet: They're just as bad IMO as tripods or opening an umbrella.
article_snippet: There is also a risk, while lining up your shot with a selfie stuck inside a museum or gallery, of knocking other people around you or worse, the art," Dixon wrote.
article_snippet: Selfie sticks are brilliant, don't get me wrong, but not inside museums and galleries.
article_snippet: Outside and for other attractions they are perfect!