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Hello and thanks for stopping by the Museums Project, which was launched in mid-March, 2008. We've had to archive some of the initial discussion due to talk page length, but a complete index of all archived topics is available. In the mean time, the following topics may help you:
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Assessment examples
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Thanks. — Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 09:26, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)
British Museum prize
The British Museum is offering 5 prizes of £100 (≈$140USD/€120) at their shop/bookshop for new Featured Articles on British Museum related topics - in any Wikipedia language edition. Ideally the subjects will be articles about collection items.
The English-Wikipedia page WP:GLAM/BM is the clearing house for the BM's involvement with Wikipedia
They suggest a good place to start is at the British Museum's "highlights" page and sort "by culture" or "by place" relevant to your own culture/history/language. I did this & searched for Somerset. One of the hits was about the Sweet Track which was a pretty poor article for such a significant feature of my home county. I've made a start on improving it & if anyone fancied helping that would be great (we could share the prize :-) Obviously if others have ideas for BM related articles relevant to this project we could look at improving them as well.
Philadelphia Doll Museum
I've created an article about the Philadelphia Doll Museum, which is the only museum in the United States that emphasizes the preservation of black dolls. The museum offers a comprehensive look at the evolution of black dolls and the importance of them in the African American culture, and I would appreciate if you oversee the progression of the article. eg480510 (talk) 18:07, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
- added a bit here and contributed to the talk page confo. It still needs more clean up but isn't in danger of a speedy any longer StarM 03:41, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
This appears to have out of date info after cuts (Peace Gallery not in current website, etc), as well as being largely unreferenced. Someone might like to have a look? PamD 13:56, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
Greetings from GLAM-Wiki US
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 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!
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Wikipedia:HighBeam
Wikipedia:HighBeam describes a limited opportunity for Wikipedia editors to have access to HighBeam Research.
—Wavelength (talk) 18:19, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Could someone rate the Crystal Bridges article? It's still tagged as a stub and its importance has not been rated. Time for an update imo.