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Greetings from GLAM-Wiki US

Invitation to join GLAM-Wiki US

tight Hello! This WikiProject aligns closely with the work of the GLAM-Wiki initiative (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums), a global community of volunteers who assist cultural institutions with sharing resources with Wikimedia. GLAM-Wiki US is a new community initiative focused on organizing cultural collaborations within the United States. GLAM organizations are diverse and span numerous topics, from libraries and art museums to science centers and historic sites. We currently have a backlog of interested institutions- and we need your help! Are you interested in helping with current or future GLAM projects? Join→ Online Volunteers We hope you'll join the growing GLAM-Wiki community in the US. Thank you! -Lori Phillips (Talk), US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator For more information visit→ The GLAM:US portal or GLAM-Wiki on Outreach

— Preceding unsigned comment added by LoriLee (talk • contribs) 20:49, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Geological/ paleontological conservation

It will be possible to add a section in conservation and preparation of geological and paleontological material? This specialty is the big discounted!

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.195.244.20 (talk • contribs) 11:45, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Portal:Museums is suggested for deletion

Portal:Museums is suggested for deletion; the discussion is at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Museums. I have done a little work on expanding the portal today but advice on good-quality articles that address its deficiencies in covering "history of museums, the design of museums, management and funding of museums" would be useful. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:22, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Union Station (Brattleboro, Vermont)

Members of this project may wish to monitor the current editing of this article. Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:19, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

DelSort

anyone familiar with how this works? I listed Suzanne Landau using {{subst:delsort|Museums and libraries|~~~~}} but it doesn't show on Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Museums and libraries. Help? Thanks StarM 01:43, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

Access date for catalogue records

I've just discovered {{MoMAobject}}, and used it to improve The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne. Having just reminded the creating editor that it was important to include an access date for any online source, I was surprised to find that this template doesn't do so. As even museum catalogues can be updated (this one includes current-looking lists of exhibitions and references, apart from potentially new research info about an object), I'm surprised. Should templates like this have an "access-date" field? See WP:CITEWEB, which seems to me to say that it should. Presumably there are a whole family of museum catalogue templates - I haven't checked to see whether the majority do, or don't, have access-date field. Any thoughts? PamD 15:19, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Requested move at Indianapolis Museum of Art

Please see the discussion regarding a proposed title change to the article Indianapolis Museum of Art to "Newfields". Cerebral726 (talk) 17:01, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello, Please note that National Museum (Prague), which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article was scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 November 2019 (UTC) on behalf of the TAFI team

Paid article about a museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma

This article, The Outsiders House Museum, is about a house in Tulsa, but it is written by a user who is very likely an undisclosed paid editor. As such, it may need cleanup in order to be eligible for inclusion on Wikipedia.

The big red notice has remained at the top of that article for over two years, yet the underlying issues have not been addressed. Maybe it's time to start cleaning it up? HighwayTyper (talk) 02:52, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Cleveland Museum of Art: Open Access Anniversary + Editing Campaign

January 23rd was the one-year anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art's Open Access initiative, and they put up a nice blog post of the outcomes and collaborations that have resulted from it (including impacts on Wikimedia projects).

To recognize this anniversary, WikiProject Cleveland Museum of Art is hosting a Open Access Anniversary Editing Campaign through February 9; anyone who creates an article or expands two articles by 100+ words each will receive a postcard from the CMA. Cheers, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 07:50, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Multiple AFDs on museums in Malaysia and area

Related ongoing AFDs include: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kite Museum (Melaka), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melaka Transportation Museum, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Petaling Jaya Museum. --Doncram (talk) 05:35, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Manzanar featured article review

I have nominated Manzanar for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:13, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

The external links on the Manzanar article are being discussed. There are currently 18 of them, which is excessive. Please come participate in the discussion at Talk:Manzanar#External links. Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:26, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Brattleboro Museum and Art Center

The article for the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center needs some work with sourcing. Feel free to help! Thank you. Thriley (talk) 08:28, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

FAR notice

I have nominated New Orleans Mint for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Bacon 05:07, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages

Was wondering if someone from this WikiProject could take a look at Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages? The article seems to have been edited by some of the museum's employees over the years (see User talk:Aabrahamsen2018 and User talk:AAbrahamsen2016 for two possible COI accounts) and has some puffery and other promotional wording; so, it might be a good idea if some neutral editors familiar with museum articles could take a look at things. The number and layout of the images in the article probably also needs to be assessed since there's quite a lot of MOS:SANDWICHing going on. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:08, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Weald and Downland Living Museum

A discussion is taking place at Talk:Weald and Downland Living Museum#Cats and navbox re the removal of some categories and a navbox from the Weald and Downland Living Museum article. Please feel free to contribute to the discussion. Mjroots (talk) 19:11, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Exploratory - a defunct UK museum - details being added

Hello, I have added some details to this page recently, it would be great if someone could have a look. I am just at 'beginner' stage, please bear with me, but I have read the guidelines. I am therefore slightly wary because I worked at the museum for two years so I must avoid original research. I thought I would say here, however, that I think the page deserves far more than this. Prof. Gregory was the mind behind 'interactive' exhibitions and this was the first of its kind. As such it attracted a huge amount of attention and spurred the beginning of the 'hands-on' approach - no more 'please do not touch'. The article says it was the first in the UK, I believe it was first in the world - needs citation.

A number of famous people were involved with the project but I am uncertain how to approach this. For example, Patrick Moore was Chair of Patrons but I cannot find any verification. The Giant Guitar exhibit was a world record in the 1995 Guinness Book of Records. It attracted guitarist Chet Atkins, other musicians such as Andy Sheppard and British Prime Minister John Major. I have some great snapshots - I assume probably I must not upload, but I have old national press cuttings also and I'm uncertain about how to cite these.

This is of importance because it might be that Prof. Richard Gregory and The Exploratory stand alone in seeding the idea globally of inter-active three-dimensional learning in science museums at its inception in 1981. This would need clear verification and should not really be my work, perhaps. I have a bias - so would anyone like to help here?

Thelisteninghand (talk) 20:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

International Museums Days

Hi there! We at WP's DYK (Did you know) project are hoping to run two full sets of museum-related hooks on the main page on May 18 (International Museums Day). In order to do that, we need hooks! Articles can be suggested if they meet the project's rules. Articles must be nominated within 7 days of being either created, or expanded by 5x (or more). The articles can be about related subjects too – for instance, a piece of art or an artefact held by a museum, a person instrumental in the establishment of a museum, an event (fire, theft, flood, whatever) at a museum, etc. If anyone would like to participate, I'm happy to answer any questions. Just ping me! MeegsC (talk) 20:53, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

MeegsC, This is so lovely! Do you still need some? Lajmmoore (talk) 13:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Lajmmoore, absolutely! MeegsC (talk) 13:26, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Lajmmoore and MeegsC, I'm happy to do some work on one or more of the National Museum of Ireland sites, as two of them are quite poor at the moment (Decorative Arts and Country Life), if you think they could be suitable? Smirkybec (talk) 13:42, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Smirkybec, those are already pretty sizeable articles: Decorative Arts is at 2899 characters and Country Life at 2260. Do you think you could expand them 5x – that is, to 14495 and 11300 – in two days? We'd need to be able to review the article at least a day before it hit the front page (i.e. by Monday mid-day UTC at the very latest). If you decide to try, ping me as soon as you're ready for the review, and I'll help you get it nominated at DYK. MeegsC (talk) 13:53, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

MeegsC I did the most recent expansion of the Decorative Arts museum, which was just scratching the surface with the books/resources I have (I have done some post graduate study of Irish museums more generally) so if I can find a few hours over the weekend, I should be able to expand that article if I focus on the permanent exhibitions alone. Help is welcome though, so I might ping some editors like SeoR, Ceoil, Bastun, and Ritchie333. Be nice to have an Irish museum featured? Smirkybec (talk) 14:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Smirkybec, I've only a good a few Dublin-related book sources here, but if I can help, I will. The one obvious museum article I wanted to take to GA (and hence) DYK is V&A Museum of Childhood, but I can't do that in four days. (IIRC we did blast through Trafalgar Square and get it through GA and DYK in about a week for a Christmas tree to hit the main page on Christmas Day, but that was a whole bunch of us working like clockwork). Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 14:36, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Ritchie333 NMI Decorative Arts is in Collins Barracks, Dublin so should get a mention anyway! Between the large military exhibitions and the Albert Bender collection there should be quite a bit that can be added from digital sources. I'll try and take a run at it this evening with the books and we can potentially go from there. Smirkybec (talk) 14:40, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

It doesn't have to be GA to be featured in DYK! Of course, we'll be doing this again next year, so if you want to plan your editing for next May... ;) MeegsC (talk) 14:41, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

MeegsC I have a number of smaller museums/heritage sites and notable curators on my to do list - so I will try and note that for next year! Or even pick one of them to do quickly over the weekend as a new article. Smirkybec (talk) 14:44, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

One of the smaller ones might be easier for this weekend Smirkybec; it would only have to be 1500 characters long. MeegsC (talk) 14:52, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

MeegsC they are all very niche/small, so could be a struggle to get to that size - but I'll try to have something to offer you for this DYK. I submitted a number successfully a few years ago, but I was discouraged by having to review them myself (possibly due to my experiences elsewhere!) Smirkybec (talk) 14:58, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Like I said, I'm happy to help with nominations. I have a good store of QPQs built up, so you won't have to review anything. MeegsC (talk) 15:06, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Sounds great, thanks for the invite. I was planning to tackle the Museum of Literature, MoLI (Molly), at Newman House, so I have some materials on hand. Will prioritise that tomorrow. Then I’ll check 1-2 others. Best, SeoR (talk) 16:01, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Great idea SeoR! Smirkybec (talk) 16:07, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks MeegsC I've set up two DYK - one at Susan Karike and one at Kimiuo Aisek Memorial Museum. Hope they help! Will ping you if I do any more this weekend. Lajmmoore (talk) 18:30, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Excellent! I've pinged someone who's volunteered to review any museum pieces that come in. I'll keep an eye on them too. I'm not sure what happened to with the Susan Karike nomination, but it hasn't rendered properly. I've asked our programming boffin to have a look and try to fix it, but it might take a bit longer before anybody can review that one. MeegsC (talk) 21:15, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Smirkybec, this may be woth raising at wikiproject Ireland, so us Paddies can see what work is going on and give each other a hand in the lead up. I'm all in re DYKs bty...and may push forward a related GA had been planning for the later summer. Ceoil (talk) 22:08, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Ceoil good point! I will add a note about all this :) Smirkybec (talk) 22:52, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Smirkybec and Ceoil, we have room for one or two more museum hooks, if you think you'll have them ready by tomorrow. Lajmmoore has come up trumps with a trio of nice starter articles about some museums in Micronesia, so we've got nearly a full set now. It's here if you want to see it so far; we'll switch out the Billie Holiday hook and the Christian Linger if you have a museum to contribute, and the admins have agreed to let us run 9 hooks instead of the regular 8 if necessary. Unfortunately, DYK is only running one set of hooks a day at the moment, so we won't be able to run more than 9 hooks on the correct day. But we still have spots open. Nice work, team! :) MeegsC (talk) 15:58, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

MeegsC, all, I completed a 5x on Museum of Literature Ireland, hope it might suit. I posted it on the DYK page, mentioned Museums Day, if so, please feel free to refactor in any way needed. SeoR (talk) 16:51, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Excellent! Thanks SeoR; I'll ping the reviewers. MeegsC (talk) 16:56, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Great; link (MoLI - DYK). SeoR (talk) 16:58, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Okay, we've got a full set of 9 approved museum hooks now. Thanks so much for your help, everybody! We'll try to give you more of a heads-up next year. In fact, you can mark it on your calendar; we can accept hooks up to 6 weeks in advance, so you don't even have to wait until the last minute. ;) MeegsC (talk) 19:31, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Great stuff! unfortunately a migraine put a stop to any editing for me today - but I made good progress with the NMI Decorative Arts, it had a nice viral story in the last few months, so I'll probably submit it to DYK anyway :) good work on MoLi SeoR! Smirkybec (talk) 19:42, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Sorry to hear re. the migraine, but glad to help, and let's keep the sub-page Ceoil made, and use it to be ready in good time for next year. Much to do in this area. SeoR (talk) 21:06, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

• What a fabulous effort! The DYK set on the main page now is beautiful. Thank you all for making this possible, and special thanks to MeegsC for doing some heavy lifting. —valereee (talk) 01:37, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Old Florida Museum

An article that you have been involved in editing—Old Florida Museum—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Star Mississippi 20:15, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, template syntax doesn't quite work, but flagging this for the project as I've started a merger discssuion. Will ping Florida momentarily as well. Star Mississippi 20:15, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Kenya Museums

Recently I have been working on expanding information about museums in Kenya, among the articles I have been expanding are the Nyeri Museum, the Meru Museum and the Malindi Museum, these articles are considered as "stubs", so I decided to expand them, could they be considered as "start-class" articles? -Seb { 💬 Talk + 📝 Edits } 21:34, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Notifying active member(s) @Star Mississippi and Jpbowen:. -Seb { 💬 Talk + 📝 Edits } 16:07, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks JSeb05 for your work as well as the ping. I'll look at these in the next few days Star Mississippi 16:34, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Looks good, keep up the good work! —Jonathan Bowen (talk) 20:09, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Museums in Oceania

Hello all! I'm new to the project, but have been working on museums (& some people) from countries in Oceania. I'm keeping track here. I've been using the template 'List of Museums in Oceania' as a starting point, so many thanks if members created it. I'd be really interested to hear from any members from the region too. Lajmmoore (talk) 08:22, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

@Lajmmoore: Good work, thanks for contributing, I am doing the same but with museums in Latin America, at the moment I have done articles about museums in these countries/territories of Latin America (🇬🇹) (🇵🇷) (🇺🇾) (Note: In the flags of the countries are the links to the articles of the museums that I have created), but I plan to do articles about museums in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. -Seb { 💬 Talk + 📝 Edits } 17:18, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

@Lajmmoore: I have also created an article about an art museum in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia.-Seb { 💬 Talk + 📝 Edits } 19:33, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

JSeb05, Nice! I've got a few more places to get to in Oceania, but maybe I'll join you in America too! Lajmmoore (talk) 20:43, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

GAR notice

Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm _Talk 01:45, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery#Requested move 20 September 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery#Requested move 20 September 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 20:18, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Labor section on Museum page

I am wondering if there are folks that would like to help me with creating a Labor/museum worker organization section on the Museum page? Myotus (talk) 05:24, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Catherine Backus

So here is a telling item on the page I am working on, Minnesota State Capitol artwork, of the dozen or so artists (not including designers) on the page, the only one that does not have their own page on Wikipedia is the lone woman. While she did have a short career (I suspect Cass Gilbert's comments on her work didn't help much), unfortunately there is so little information was written on her. To research her on the web you couldn't use her name but her husband's name 'Mrs. George Backus.' Myotus (talk) 15:21, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Why don't you post this on WP:WikiProject Women in Red - someone there might be able to pick up the trail? Lajmmoore (talk) 20:57, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Telus World of Science (Edmonton)#Requested move 6 February 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Telus World of Science (Edmonton)#Requested move 6 February 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ---CX Zoom(^he/_him) (^{let's talk}|_contribs) 15:20, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online/Articles about museums

Hello all, I'm working with a volunteer collective to work to try and digitally preserve as much of Ukraine's cultural heritage as possible, with a collective called SUCHO, lots of work has been done in the past few days, and there's now a project set up on meta and one aspect of that is a list of 100 museums without EN pages. If people feel inclined, I'm sure help would be appreciated! (Will cross-post in Archaeology) Lajmmoore (talk) 14:43, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

FAR for USS Missouri

I have nominated USS Missouri (BB-63) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 02:12, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Comprehensive list of art museums in the US

Hello all. I’m new to editing Wikipedia but I’ve created a database that I would like to share publicly and I think this would be an appropriate forum. Spurred by the pandemic and the threat it poses to cultural venues, I gathered data about 1100 art museums in the US, including the names of their current directors. I’d like to create a list page in Wikipedia for this data, organized by state and linked where possible to existing Wikipedia pages. What do I need to consider before I begin? Museum Grrrl (talk) 14:31, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

A good place to ask about this would be Wikipedia:Teahouse. Ascendingrisingharmonising (talk) 15:19, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Just for any who may not know it. I love this and have been using it for a good while. @Headbomb et al have done an amazing job. It's a good first look at what sources could be improved and which are OK from a quality POV. Star Mississippi 18:12, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Hauser & Wirth

Hello museum enthusiasts, it's nice to meet you all. I am hoping to help update and improve the Hauser & Wirth article, which is currently outdated and quite brief. I've posted some suggestions (with sources) at Talk:Hauser & Wirth and would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for the great work that you do! 82.30.224.209 (talk) 07:34, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks IP 82. WIll have a look at this as soon as I can. Star Mississippi 14:13, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Star Mississippi! Looking forward to your feedback. Sorry, just realized that I didn't log in previously- the above comment was me, and you can reach me on my Talk page as well. Maddy at H&W (talk) 08:24, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova#Requested move 9 May 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova#Requested move 9 May 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Favonian (talk) 15:37, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Draft Tracker

Via a conversation on my Talk, I became aware of Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Drafts. Do you think a similar list would be helpful here if we could figure out how to create it. Guessing from declined drafts of non notable organizations. Star Mississippi 23:01, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

I think it would be useful, but I don't have the know-how to do it @Star Mississippi! Lajmmoore (talk) 09:16, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Exploratory (museum)

Hello, I've just been back to this stub and added a few things including a photo. I'm a bit of an amateur and couldn't get the wikimedia caption to show if anyone could help there. I want to request that the article title is changed and I don't know how to do that. Th museum was called the Exploratory Hands-on Science Centre then we can delete (museum). I'll continue adding stuff as I can find it - I have actual RSS press-cuttings from the period but it's an attic job! The article needs to be enlarged as this was an extremely important and unique UK science centre taking visitors from a very wide radius and gaining plenty of national press and broadcast. It was considered seminal in the field of Experiential learning. Any help would be fantastic. Thelisteninghand (talk) 21:30, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

I've moved the pagename for you @Thelisteninghand & its former name is now a redirect. Captions look OK to me. Please let me know if I can help further! Lajmmoore (talk) 09:13, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks very much for that and your kind offer. I don't know if anything can be changed but putting 'the exploratory' into wiki search gives a lot of entries before you see the article. Can a redirect also be made for 'The' Exploratory..? Thanks Thelisteninghand (talk) 16:55, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Importance rating

Exploratory Hands-on Science Centre is not rated. I'd say it was a unique and seminal hands-on centre in the UK, that was of medium if not high importance. Would anyone like to review my contributions there and give it a rating?Thelisteninghand (talk) 20:53, 23 May 2022 (UTC) The title should begin with 'The' - afraid I still can't work out how do do that edit. Thelisteninghand (talk) 20:55, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi! It's fine as is, naming wise. Articles don't typically have the leading A/The in their name. See for example Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum, V&A Museum Star Mississippi 21:40, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Requesting some article expansion help

Greetings,

Hi, I am User:Bookku, I find information and knowledge gaps create Drafts, try to recruit draft expanding editors and promote drafts articles for further expansion.

Requesting your visit to following drafts and help expand the same if any of these interests you.

• Draft:Intellectual discourse over re-mosqueing of Hagia Sophia

• Draft:Irrational beliefs

• Draft:Superstitions in Christian societies

Thanks and warm regards

Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 11:21, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Do we need an article for the Center for the Future of Museums

Looks both notable and very relevant.[1][2][3] I ran into it reading this. Doug Weller talk 14:24, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Project Reorganization

I took the liberty of moving some of the content off the main page – namely the member list and templates – to dedicated pages and adding navigation tabs to the top of all of them as the current organization seemed somewhat confusing. I also modified the capitalization of some of the subpages for consistency. I tried to base the changes on a few other projects I am familiar with and I hope it is to everyone's liking, but I apologize if it's not. –Noha307 (talk) 00:49, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

It looks great, thanks! Always happy for more ideas. Since you're more familiar with some of these elements, any chance you know the answer to #Draft Tracker above? Thanks either way Star Mississippi 02:58, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, no idea how the draft tracker works. The only reason I really was able to add the tabs is because I copied the code from other projects and changed the links. Wish I could be of more help. –Noha307 (talk) 00:10, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Thoughts on History being recorded in chronological vs. topical order

I'm in the process of some updates to the Minnesota Historical Society and I've found that there is a lot of information on the early process of constructing the building. Ultimately, this was a 62-year project so there is plenty of information that can fill the gap. Would it make sense to create topical subsections of the article, so the process of building the society would have its own section, or is it better to be written in chronological order with information on the construction of the society split along with the rest of the history at the time?

Let me know your thoughts and if there are any guidelines, essays, or other best practices that I could read. Thanks!  Ryan Vesey 19:00, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Art gallery discussion

Hi all, I'm working to expand art gallery Hauser & Wirth's article, and am hoping to bring additional editors to a discussion currently being held at Talk:Hauser & Wirth. If you have the time, please consider stopping by. Looking forward to your input, Maddy at H&W (talk) 12:28, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Museo del Prado

Comments please on the disagreement here. Johnbod (talk) 02:05, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

OPEN CALL FOR A WIKIPEDIAN IN RESIDENCE AT PAMM

The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is seeking a creative and driven Wikipedian In Residence (WIR) to improve coverage of their collections on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata. PAMM is a modern and contemporary art museum dedicated to collecting and exhibiting international art of the 20th and 21st centuries.

MUSEUM: https://www.pamm.org

The WIR would be helping PAMM establish Wikipedia programming institution-wide. The Wikipedian In Residence will work closely with the digital team at PAMM with access to curators and staff for support and training.

DIGITIAL LEAD: https://www.jaymollica.com

On Wikidata, the WIR will add structured data and expand items about painting objects, artists, collections, installations, exhibits, and events. On Wikimedia Commons, photos of living artists will be taken and added with appropriate categorization. On Wikipedia, the WIR will improve articles about PAMM's artists, their key collections, and the notable art movements of which they are a part. The WIR will also engage community through edit-a-thons, virtual events, and staff trainings.

They WIR will have a dedicated, expert strategic advisor helping them onboard into the role and plan their activities with weekly check-ins and ongoing support.

ADVISOR: https://www.wikiblueprint.com

A good candidate will have some (but not necessarily all) of the desired skills and experience. We encourage a diversity of candidates to apply even if your resume doesn't meet every qualification.

PLEASE APPLY: https://secure5.saashr.com/ta/5CET.careers?ShowJob=302365959

Ocaasi ^{t | c} 21:16, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Just a reminder that applications are still open, REMOTE applicants are OK, and a resume/cover letter is all you need to submit.

Apply: https://secure5.saashr.com/ta/5CET.careers?CareersSearch

Ocaasi ^{t | c} 23:06, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Museum of Northern California Art

New article: Museum of Northern California Art. Improvements welcome!

Thanks, ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:11, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Kentucky Railway Museum

Kentucky Railway Museum has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 17:30, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

List of Exhibitions on a theme

Hi, a researcher I am working with is interested in created a page listing UK exhibitions on the topic of LGBT issues. I was just wondering if there was best practice tips I should know about.

Will we have problems meeting the notability requirements? Does the new page have to be a Draft which we submit?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Furbybrain (talk • contribs) 12:37, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments

Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class= parameter to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:56, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Help request on new draft on Art Collection at the Royal Castle Warsaw

Hello, currently i am working on an article about the Collection of the Royal Castle Museum Warsaw. User:ADTkocz/Royal Collection at the Royal Castle Warsaw and according to the AfC submission/helptools, they recommend posting on the talk page of a relevant wikiproject if one has questions about ones draft. There is an article on the castle itself, but it is more about the historic building and history of the castle, i think having a seperate article dedicated to the art collection makes sense, just as it is done to a similar Polish museum, the Wawel Castle and the Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection (the article is currently a stub but i will make sure to look into it soon) as the collections are too extensive to be properly featured in an article focusing on the historic building itself. I was wondering whether someone could review my draft before i submit it to the approval process?

My main concerns are if you think the article is at a stage where i can submit the review (and it won't be rejected) and some thoughts or technicalities on renaming the draft before submitting it (as in a technical question, how can i rename a draft? or can i do that during the submission process?) While writing i've realised a more adequate title for the article would be "Art Collection of the Royal Castle Museum Warsaw" or "Art Collection at the Royal Castle Warsaw", any preferences? By no means is this article "finished", i've yet to incorporate some findings from some books i've lent but i think it is at a stage where it could already go "live", while i keep writing and researching more information on it over the next few weeks.

Many Thanks! --ADTkocz (talk) 15:20, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Sigal Music Museum

So due to a bizarre trail of events involving Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Davide Lo Surdo, I've just excepted/cleaned up a draft of the page on the [[Sigal Music Museum (see its talk page for more information). Any help cleaning it up would be appreciated. Pinging Star Mississippi, who not only closed that articles for deletion discussion but also founded this WikiProject! I've also rejigged/modernised/standardised the archive box/archives; hope that's OK. In particular, manual archive boxes don't work well with automated archives. Graham87 14:14, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

I was just coming to thank you for all the clean up. I'd like to think I'm better at templates than I was back then, I had no idea how to do any of what you just did so it's welcome and very much appreciated.

Will look at this article in the coming days if not today. Star Mississippi 14:32, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Credibility bot

As this is a highly active WikiProject, I would like to introduce you to Credibility bot. This is a bot that makes it easier to track source usage across articles through automated reports and alerts. We piloted this approach at Wikipedia:Vaccine safety and we want to offer it to any subject area or domain. We need your support to demonstrate demand for this toolkit. If you have a desire for this functionality, or would like to leave other feedback, please endorse the tool or comment at WP:CREDBOT. Thanks! Harej (talk) 17:30, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#KulturNav?

A discussion about if KulturNav has any use as a WP:RS. If you have an opinion, please join. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:41, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Texas Memorial Museum#Requested move 18 September 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Texas Memorial Museum#Requested move 18 September 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:08, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design#Requested move 9 January 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design#Requested move 9 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 17:56, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum#Requested move 30 January 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum#Requested move 30 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:12, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Collaboration on "Louisiana Museum of Modern Art" article

Hello! I am currently working on, expanding and restructuring the article Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. If anyone is interested in providing feedback or on contributing themselves, please let me know! :) Sprucecopse (talk) 22:17, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Madame_Tussauds#Madame_Tussauds#List_of_wax_figures,_let's_delete_this.

Your view is welcome. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:35, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Adding Exhibition history subsection to Poster House article

Hello there! I'm reaching out to this WikiProject on behalf of my employer, Poster House. I have an active request on the PH Talk page. In that request, I'm asking editors to review a new subsection draft I've titled Exhibition history. My draft covers some of the more notable exhibitions the museum has held over the past five years. I've done my best to include only shows that have received coverage in reputable publications (NYTimes, Guardian, etc.) and to hew very closely to the information contained in those sources.

Here is a link to my request. If you have any questions, concerns, or constructive feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out. Thanks! Aaron at Poster House (talk) 18:08, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Featured Article review for Empire of the Sultans

An article in the scope of this Wikiproject is currently up for Featured Article review. Input is welcomed to decide if this article is worthy of the FA rating. MartinPoulter (talk) 19:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Since I posted the above notice, there has been more interest and the review process has progressed further, which I'm very grateful for. We still need more reviewers to take part, following the instructions at Wikipedia:FACSUPPORTOPPOSE. A great deal of work has gone into both the article and the review; this is a chance to make a community decision on the results. Thanks in advance for any help! MartinPoulter (talk) 13:20, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

International Museum Day 2024: Take part in the translation, media, and data challenges!

Hello,

This May, we are celebrating the International Museum Day 2024 with a series of activities in which anyone can participate following this year’s theme: Museums for Education and Research. Individual Wikimedians, affiliates, and user groups are invited to respond to three challenges to increase museum coverage on Wikimedia: translation, media, and data.

1) Translation: Translate the New Museum Definition, launched in 2022 by ICOM, into as many languages as possible. To participate in the challenge, follow the instructions on this page.

2) Media: Document museums around the world working with education and research. Upload to Wikimedia Commons photos of their events, tours, and workshops; specialist libraries and archives; accessibility resources; or conservation in progress. Follow the instructions on this page, which includes a map of museums around the world.

3) Data:

- Structured Data on Commons: Add or enhance the data for images of museum buildings and spaces, as well as the collections they hold, such as paintings, sculptures, photographs, historical and natural objects, and manuscripts. The data challenge page suggests the types of data you can add, how to find images to work with, and different approaches to making edits.

- Wikidata: Add or enhance the items about museums. The data challenge page has queries to get started, such as museums on Wikidata without a country but with coordinates; paintings on Wikidata without an image; a list of curators by birthplace; as well as a table with a list of very important data missing from museums items on Wikidata by country.

If you register on this dashboard, your edits will be counted and shared with ICOM. This page has guidelines for organizing events and campaigns, including some beautiful visuals.

Wikimedia CH is also organizing a panel discussion for May 17th, about ‘Wikimedia, Museums, and Education’, including expert speakers from the museum sector. During the month, the chapter is also launching a series of short videos about museums. Stay tuned for those!

More about the #IMD2024 on the Meta-Wiki portal or this Diff blog post.

Best, GFontenelle (WMF) (talk) 23:33, 3 May 2024 (UTC)