This page is for requesting photos or images for things in or related to "The Herbert" (see the project page GLAM/HAGAM). If you find an image that can be uploaded with a suitable free licence on Commons, please add a link and mark the request as {{done}}.
The image needed may exist somewhere on Wikimedia Commons. Relevant images can be can be found at Commons:Category:Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. If the image has living people in it, then the guidance of Photographs of identifiable people applies.
The Herbert has expressed a willingness to help with supplying some images of an appropriate resolution where possible. Do not hesitate to make requests direct to the Museum if images cannot be found elsewhere, but bear in mind that staff are new to Wikipedia and may be uncertain how to proceed. If you want to take and donate the picture yourself then thank you, but it would be wise to leave the tripod at home and some exhibits in The Herbert do not allow photography. Uploading images to Commons is best but another site like Flickr is OK as long as the license is attribution only. (Share alike is the only other acceptable addition to a donated picture).
Further guidance on taking photographs (where permitted) in museums, advice on behaviour and some of the issues with licensing is available at Museum photography.
See also: Category:Herbert Art Gallery and Museum-related articles needing photographs.
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