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title: "[With Tutorial] Animal Crossing Players Build Their Own Art Museums as the Getty Museum Website Opens Famous Paintings for Download"
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# \[With Tutorial\] Animal Crossing Players Build Their Own Art Museums as the Getty Museum Website Opens Famous Paintings for Download

The Nintendo Switch game Animal Crossing: New Horizons has recently become the talk of the town. The J. Paul Getty Museum has announced on its official website that players may scan the museum's artworks and place them on their islands in the game.

## In brief

The J. Paul Getty Museum now lets Animal Crossing players search its website for artworks, crop them and generate a QR code. Players scan the code with the Nintendo Switch smartphone app, then use NookLink to download the artwork and place it on walls, shirts and floors in the game.

The Nintendo [Switch](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>) game "[Animal Crossing: New Horizons](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>)" (あつまれどうぶつの森) has recently become the talk of the town. The game gives players the freedom to be creative and build their own islands. The J. Paul Getty Museum has now joined in as well, announcing on its official website that Animal Crossing players may scan the museum's artworks and place them on their islands in the game.

The Getty Museum recently announced that Animal Crossing players can now search for artworks they like on the museum's **[website](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>)**, such as Van Gogh's Irises ([Irises](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>)) and the Dutch master Rembrandt's [An Old Man in Military Costume](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>). Players can then crop the image to their liking, generate a QR code, and scan it using the Nintendo Switch smartphone app. Afterwards, they can use "[NookLink](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>)" to connect the Switch and their phone, download the artwork, and place it on the walls, shirts and floors in the game.

In addition to the Getty Museum's own collection, players can also search for artworks from other museums, such as the famous paintings "[Mona Lisa](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>)" and "[The Last Supper](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>)", all of which can be found through the search. In addition, the Getty Museum encourages players, once they have downloaded artworks and finished their designs, to upload screenshots of their Animal Crossing game to social media with the hashtag "[#ACArtGenerator](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>)" and by tagging "[@gettymuseum](<http://hongkongappdeveloper.com>)".

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## Frequently asked questions

### What has the Getty Museum announced for Animal Crossing players?

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced on its official website that Animal Crossing players may scan the museum's artworks and place them on their islands in the game.

### How do players bring an artwork into the game?

Players search for an artwork on the museum's website, crop it and generate a QR code, then scan it with the Nintendo Switch smartphone app. They then use NookLink to connect the Switch and their phone, download the artwork and place it in the game.

### Where can the artworks be placed in the game?

Downloaded artworks can be placed on the walls, shirts and floors in the game.

### Can players search for artworks from other museums?

Yes. Besides the Getty Museum's own collection, players can also search for artworks from other museums, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

### What does the Getty Museum encourage players to do after designing?

After downloading artworks and finishing their designs, players are encouraged to upload their Animal Crossing screenshots to social media with the hashtag #ACArtGenerator and by tagging @gettymuseum.