Reminder: Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Museum Day Stamp Rally Event Starts Today

The museum really is a thing of beauty in this game.

It’s nice that I could finally admire my whole museum and how far I came with it - but damn, was this event underwhelming. Done it in 15 minutes. I hoped for some extra information at the stamp stands about the different fossils, fish and bugs. Oh, well..

I remember everything from the trailer....except this!
But I'll take any event I can get, last week was quiet on my island.

If I don't get all the stamps I'm going to drive off a cliff.

PLEASE tell me I don't need to upgrade Resident Services for this.

I love Blathers. He is such a hoot.

I mean, it was a nice excuse to visit the beautiful museum again. But really, that was it...? 3 stamps per section, 9 in total. And those extremely lame texts/jokes instead of cool info when you go to a stamp counter... it was incredibly underwhelming and I was done in 5-10 minutes.

There's always an excuse to visit Blathers
Kinda small event, but I'll take it

Something you can finish in 5 minutes and with nothing worth noting... Not much of an event in my opinion... I'm not complaining, it's just that it was... underwhelming?
I think this was just an excuse to make people visit the museum and nothing more.

Well, that was disappointing...

I love the idea of more reasons to visit the museum. This took less than 10 minutes to complete though. I wish it was more integrated with learning about the exhibits.

Have people here actually played Animal Crossing before? Many of the events in previous games are even more "basic" than this e.g. talk to an NPC and get an item. This is a pretty standard event by AC standards.

It does seem a bit strange for an event like this to take only about 10-15 minutes to complete. Does anyone know if the stamp booths will be relocated each day or if there are any additional rewards for completion?

@AtlanteanMan So? It's the novelty of it all that makes it worth doing, the May Day event was similar to that. And it is an actual thing so why not participate in it for the lols and get a unique item?

@Torakaka Did and done in less than 10 minutes. Sure, no harm, but a bit underwhelming nonetheless.

That was lame. But also, museum day is a pretty whatever kinda day so

From reading the comments sounds about as lame as the May Day island event, but I'll do it just the same. Is there a reward for this, I didn't see anyone mention it.

Also sounds like it's only the first 3 rooms which is good as my art gallery has literally 2 paintings in it as I've only had Redd on my island a total of 3 times. The last time I kept the statue for myself since the art gallery is so empty anyway.

My fossil area only has 2 empty stands in the front on the left by the amber, all the rest is done. Insects and fish are about 40 each.

@AtlanteanMan Did you expect something akin to a fetch quest where you have to deliver certain bugs or fish in order to receive a stamp?

Actually now that I think about it, it’s really just about taking the time to appreciate your local museum, not about glittery prizes. In that way, this is a really cool, meta idea. The museum is amazing

Is there new stamps daily?

I would buy a « shut up blather !! » ‘ DLC in an heartbeat...

I also found this event a bit underwhelming. I like the idea of it though. Would have been nice if there were extra tasks, or you could involve your villagers. Maybe have an extra prize each time you bring one of your villagers to see the museum and get their cards stamped, like a referral? Etc etc. Idk, I think there's a lot of things they could have done with this to make it a bit more engaging.

Was there any bloody point to this event, really?

@Torakaka,

I guess I figured it would be more akin to a scavenger hunt, one which wouldn't necessarily be dictated by how many specimens of each section of the Museum players had collected. Think in terms of being given hints at the booths and having to go find the appropriate species or exhibit to get stamps as opposed to getting stamps for just interacting with a booth. Even the rewards you can get (the Fish, Bugs, and Fossils plaques) are direct copy/paste assets of the ones in the Museum itself. I mean, free stuff is good and all, but really, what's the point here? The payoff for completing all three Stamp booklets feels kind of like Blathers remarking, "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine" (if you aren't familiar with this movie reference, you obviously haven't watched many Christmas films).

It's not a big deal by any means, but it does feel like a tacked-on afterthought. Hopefully future events will offer experiences and rewards that are more varied and substantial.

I find the museum music stuck in my head all the time and the only way I can get it out is by listening to the theme song of New Horizons!

Pretty underwhelming. I like the idea, but definitely could've been a lot more to it than what it was. Facts should've been used instead of low effort jokes/puns.

My only gripe with the museum is the fossil section. You should be able to view them in single form with the option to rotate and stuff.

I'm not able to start this event.
I have a nintendo account linked to my switch profile/user. My game version is 1.2.0b. My switch's date and time is sync'd to the internet. I also have a nintendo online subscription that is paid.

The museum just got fully built from a tent today though. So the daily announcement from Tom Nook was about celebrating its opening. Do I need to wait another full day after it's built or am I missing something?