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Welcome to the Museums WikiProject! A chunk of this text has been stolen borrowed under GFDL ;) from other Wiki Projects under the idea that they're a lot more familiar with the process than I am, which isn't hard!

Goals
  • Improve Wikipedia's coverage of museums.
  • Improve quality of existing articles
  • Expand smaller museums in non-English dominant countries where articles are little more than a sentence.
  • Create guidelines for articles about museums.
Scope
  • The project covers all articles about museums in a wide range of disciplines and locations throughout the world. By member consensus, it does not include aquaria, herbaria, zoos and other non-museum 'collections' because these are well-covered in other projects.
  • For those within the museum sector, and collaborations between Wikipedia and institutions, see Wikipedia:Advice for the cultural sector.

Contents

[edit] Members

  1. ChrisEngelsma Art and science museums, especially in Houston area.
  2. DiverScout (talk · contribs) (volunteer curator for small museum in UK, will concentrate on East Anglian, rail and WW2 content]])
  3. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk)
  4. John Carter (talk) 21:10, 18 March 2008 (UTC) - This is the first project I was ever told I was myself "within the scope of". I know I'm getting on in years, but still. :)
  5. LanceBarber (talk) 04:27, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
  6. MBK004 (talk · contribs) - military/ships
  7. Gimme danger (talk · contribs) - science museums and Chicago-area museums
  8. LukeTheSpook (talk) - Going to be working on rating articles...
  9. Minnaert (talk) 04:24, 21 March 2008 (UTC) - I mess around with museum articles... mainly in california
  10. Jpbowen (talk · contribs) – interested in museums internationally and especially online
  11. Bluegoblin7 (talk · contribs) - interested in most British Museums, especially Transport ones!
  12. Aqwis (talk · contribs) - interested in science museums and Norwegian museums in general
  13. Lquilter (talk · contribs) - science museums, categorizing
  14. RogoPD - public art collections in Europe
  15. Daniel Case (talk · contribs) - I have done many historic house museums here in the Hudson Valley as a by-product of doing articles for the U.S. National Register of Historic Places project, so it's really a formality. Good that we have this project. Daniel Case (talk) 20:09, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  16. Dmadeo (talk · contribs) - I've done a lot of work on List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City, many of which are historic house museums, but also are the big boys such as the Met, etc.
  17. Musebrarian (talk · contribs) - history, industry and technology, Museum Informatics, Museology
  18. Blofeld of SPECTRE (talk · contribs) -Count me in, I won't be actively concentrating on museums but will be creating some articles on museums in places in the developing world in coordination with my other work, particularly Africa and Asia and countries of Central Europe.
  19. Appletrees (talk · contribs) - Mostly working on museums in South Korea, but North Korea seems to have interesting museums as well.
  20. Doncram (talk · contribs) - Ship museums, historic house museums, other historic site museums. Have been participating, may as well join. :) doncram (talk) 17:42, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
  21. BusterD (talk · contribs) - Another NYC-area museum member with a love for science museums and historical societies. BusterD (talk) 12:25, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
  22. Basketball110 (talk · contribs) - I can get info and pictures from all the museums in Romania.
  23. LordAmeth (talk · contribs) - Focusing on museums, historical sites, etc in Japan.
  24. Thomas Paine1776 (talk · contribs)
  25. Woland37 (talk · contribs) interested in museum stuff including organizations and whatnot
  26. Ridenm (talk · contribs) working on National Atomic Museum page
  27. MRacer (talk · contribs) - former museum volunteer and fine artist with an interest in art, world history and local history subjects as they relate here.
  28. nrswanson (talk · contribs) - Frequent world traveler, classical musician, and museum lover.
  29. nicg1883 (talk · contribs) – interested in museum and have created an article on the Holy Jesus Hospital Museum. English.
  30. Jordan Timothy James Busson (talk · contribs) I'll help out. --Jordan Contribs 17:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
  31. WiltshireHeritage (talk · contribs) - museum curator
  32. Ralphwiggam75 (talk · contribs) - art historian
  33. Fact-of-the-matter (talk · contribs) - Museum administrator
  34. jonallen1966 (talk · contribs) - I'm going to have a go at the Tokyo Museums
  35. Editorofthewiki (talk · contribs) - I'll help out here and there. ~EDDY (talk/contribs/editor review)~ 20:48, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
  36. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · contribs)
  37. Danwalk (talk · contribs) - Academic in the humanities primarily interested in art museums. Areas of particular interest are Spain and Massachusetts, USA.
  38. Thaliapap (talk · contribs) - Architect (M. Arch.) with special interest in museums, focusing in Greek Museums.
  39. Storye_book (talk · contribs) - I have no great expertise, but have been contributing in a small way to Leeds City Museum page, and have created several Yorkshire museum pages. I'm happy to take photographs where permitted.--Storye book (talk) 15:03, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
  40. Ssbautista (talk · contribs) - PhD student in Communication/Museum Studies studying digital media. Former art curator/critic/nonprofit administrator.
  41. IxK85 (talk · contribs) - curator at the Imperial War Museum in London.
  42. The Illusional Ministry (talk · contribs) - Will mostly be doing infoboxes.
  43. Hoverfish (talk · contribs) - Category work and cleanup in Greek Museums.
  44. Witty lama (talk · contribs) - 'Wikipedian in Residence' at the British Museum during June 2010.
  45. Sj (talk · contribs) - Frequent lurker in the Harvard Museums, and Museums of Science everywhere.
  46. BGinOC (talk · contribs) - Historical studies.
  47. FloNight (talk · contribs)
  48. Ryecatcher773 (talk · contribs)- BFA (Painting & Printmaking), minored in Art History; Worked at Landfall Press in Chicago. Main focus on Cleveland Museum of Art.
  49. Theo10011 (talk · contribs)
  50. Victuallers (talk · contribs) - been busy on Britsh Muiseum and National Porrait Gallery for 3 years or so. So time to join maybe?
  51. Codrinb (talk · contribs) - Archaeology and history museums relating to Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Celts, Transylvania, Romania
  52. matthewcock (talk · contribs) - I run the British Museum's website, and active collaboration between the BM and Wikipedians.
  53. Farscot (talk · contribs) Working on Croatian topics, and have created/expanded articles on museums there
  54. kll2105 (talk · contribs) MA student in Digital Heritage, have created several museum/museum association websites and wiki articles
  55. Crofut (talk · contribs) In the Interpretive Projects department at the Connecticut Historical Society.
  56. PKM (talk · contribs) - Active on several GLAM projects; expertise in costume, textiles, Elizabethan era
  57. Star Mississippi (talk · contribs) - wow, somehow I'm not a member. NYC is my focus but I love all museums everywhere

[edit] Languages Spoken

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[edit] To Do

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[edit] Ongoing cleanup

There is an ongoing cleanup/developing in the undeveloped stub articles of Category:Museums in Greece to determine which of them meet with notability standards, develop them to at least basic stubs and nominate for deletion all the rest. You can help here. Participants: User:Thaliapap, User:Hoverfish

[edit] Article Alerts

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[edit] Articles needing tagging

A Bot/user using AWB is helping generate a list of articles that are in one or more of the museum subcats but not tagged for WP:Museum. Any help is welcome going through the list & removing those that shouldn't be tagged & tagging those that shouldn't. If there's a large list, it may be possible for a bot to work through the list

[edit] Deletion Discussions

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[edit] Museums and libraries AfDs

[edit] Museums and libraries Proposed Deletions

[edit] Assessment

Below is a bot generated table of the assessment process and current status of WikiProject Museums supported articles. The stats are generated automatically every 2-3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Museums (and replacing Foobar) into the Category box here.


[edit] Current status

Museums articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 1 3 9 13
FL 1 1 2
GA 3 5 8 25 1 42
B 7 6 23 61 16 113
C 5 25 54 78 29 191
Start 10 44 199 996 355 1,604
Stub 1 17 143 1,949 1,570 3,680
List 13 18 45 7 83 166
NA 7 4 1,384 1,395
Assessed 26 111 456 3,168 1,391 2,054 7,206
Unassessed 1 2 6 1,175 1,184
Total 26 112 458 3,174 1,391 3,229 8,390


[edit] Recognized Content

[edit] Featured content

[edit] Candidates

  • None


[edit] Good Content

[edit] Candidates

  • None

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK queryDid you know? was updated with a fact from the article, which members of this project created or substantially expanded.
  1. on 2011-08-21 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
  2. on 2011-07-05 Cherry Hill Farmhouse
  3. on 2011-06-23 Athenaeum (Alexandria, Virginia)
  4. on 2011-06-16 Pamunkey Indian Tribe Museum
  5. on 2011-02-27 Croatian Museum of Naïve Art
  6. on 2009-10-20 Wings of a Dream Museum was created.
  7. on 2009-10-12 Museo del Aire (Cuba) was created.
  8. on 2008-11-18 National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
  9. on 2008-11-10 Connecticut River Museum
  10. on 2008-10-07 National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
  11. on 2008-09-22 Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center
  12. on 2008-09-14 Louvre Abu Dhabi
  13. on 2008-09-01 Rose Museum
  14. on 2008-08-23 National Museum of Catholic Art and History
  15. on 2008-07-09 Nassau County Museum of Art
  16. on 2008-07-08 International Checker Hall of Fame
  17. on 2008-06-22 Brigham Young University Museum of Art
  18. on 2008-06-15 Timexpo Museum
  19. on 2008-06-09 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum
  20. On 2008-05-30 Vilnius Guggenheim Hermitage Museum
  21. On 2008-05-29 Museum at Bethel Woods
  22. On 2008-05-22 Champlain Valley Transportation Museum
  23. On 2008-05-26 Bluff Point Light
  24. On 2008-05-22 Seaway Trail Discovery Center
  25. On 2008-05-06 Bevier House Museum
  26. On 2008-05-05 Ilmin Museum of Art
  27. On 2008-05-04 Kingsland Homestead
  28. On 2008-04-25 Davison's Mill, Stelling Minnis
  29. On 2008-04-23 National Museum of Beirut
  30. On 2008-04-21 Chillenden Windmill
  31. On 2008-04-14 Bailey House Museum
  32. On 2008-03-28 Catalyst (museum)
  33. On 2008-03-23 Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
  34. On 2008-03-20 Grosvenor Museum
  35. On 2008-03-11 Yokohama Museum of Art
  36. On 2008-03-10 U.S. Army Transportation Museum
  37. On 2008-03-07 Museum Wharf
  38. On 2008-03-07 Kapodistrias Museum
  39. On 2008-02-28 Indiana Medical History Museum
  40. On 2008-02-22 Tramcars of the National Tramway Museum
  41. On 2008-02-06 Riley Birthplace and Museum
  42. On 2008-02-05 James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home
  43. On 2008-01-28 Polish Museum, Rapperswil
  44. On 2008-01-16 Matisse Museum (Le Cateau)
  45. On 2008-01-11 The Bakken
  46. On 2007-11-22 SantralIstanbul
  47. On 2007-10-20 Madame Tussauds Hong Kong
  48. On 2007-10-19 Yorkshire Museum
  49. On 2007-10-16 Sapporo Beer Museum
  50. On 2007-10-08 Building of Bath Museum
  51. On 2007-09-29 Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
  52. On 2007-09-11 American Advertising Museum
  53. On 2007-09-04 National Art Gallery of Singapore
  54. On 2007-09-02 Peshtigo Fire Museum
  55. On 2007-08-08 Hull Maritime Museum
  56. On 2007-08-08 Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
  57. On 2007-07-31 National Coach Museum
  58. On 2007-07-30 Bertramka
  59. On 2007-07-17 Ellwood House
  60. On 2007-07-12 Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse
  61. On 2007-06-28 City and Town Hall
  62. On 2007-05-03 EAA AirVenture Museum
  63. On 2007-04-24 Oscar Niemeyer Museum
  64. On 2007-04-02 Rancho Camulos
  65. On 2007-03-26 Hallie Ford Museum of Art
  66. On 2007-03-23 Palanga Amber Museum
  67. On 2007-03-10 Barnum Museum
  68. On 2007-03-07 New Orleans Mint
  69. On 2007-03-04 National Art Museum of Ukraine
  70. On 2007-01-09 Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics
  71. On 2006-12-27 Living Museum of the Horse
  72. On 2006-11-07 West Wycombe Park
  73. On 2006-10-31 Pontus Hultén
  74. On 2006-10-12 Holophusikon
  75. On 2006-10-09 Vitra Design Museum
  76. On 2006-09-13 Cabinet des Médailles
  77. On 2006-09-06 Belton House
  78. On 2006-07-18 Philippe de Montebello
  79. On 2006-06-14 Perth Gaol
  80. On 2006-05-26 Neues Museum
  81. On 2006-05-03 Tennessee State Museum'
  82. On 2006-04-30 Reaper (sailing vessel)
  83. On 2006-04-30 V. I. Lenin Museum
  84. On 2006-04-17 Atchison County Historical Museum
  85. On 2006-04-13 Fersman Mineralogical Museum
  86. On 2006-04-10 Scottish Fisheries Museum
  87. On 2006-03-15 ASTRA National Museum Complex'
  88. On 2006-03-15 Palazzo Pitti'
  89. On 2006-03-06 Sanssouci Picture Gallery
  90. On 2006-01-25 Heide Museum of Modern Art
  91. On 2006-01-10 Museum of Sex
  92. On 2005-12-21 National Museum of Mali
  93. On 2005-09-02 USS Missouri (BB-63)
  94. On 2005-08-10 Capitoline Museums
  95. On 2005-01-30 Skyscraper Museum
  96. On 2004-12-23 Museum für Naturkunde
  97. On 2004-11-19 Smithsonian American Art Museum
  98. On 2004-07-12 State Historical Museum
  99. On 2004-07-03 Pergamon Museum
  100. On 2004-05-30 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
  101. On 2004-05-10 Burlesque Hall of Fame

[edit] Categories

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[edit] Articles to Create

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  • List of museums International with multiple red links, good place to start
  • Include the Museum infobox when creating or editing a museum articles

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