Wikipedia:GLAM/Natural History Museum and Science Museum
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Welcome
editWikimedian in Residence
editJohn Cummings was based at the museums from April 2013 until January 2014 and has worked to engage both members of staff and the public on topics relating to Wikimedia and open knowledge. John’s role included running workshops and outreach events to create a sustainable engagement with museum staff, volunteers and visitors. The aim was to help to build a long term relationship between the museums and the Wikimedia community. He worked with the museums to release content on their important and unique collections and develop methods for understanding Wikipedia’s impact on the public understanding of science.
- The end of project report is available here
The Science Museum have released 50 images under an open license, click here to view |
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Images released by the Science Museum, London under and open license
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How to get involved
editMultilingual virtual museum
editWe want to create the world’s first truly multilingual virtual museum to allow anyone with access to Wikipedia (including those people using Wikipedia Zero) to 'visit' the museum online and provide information for the 50% of Natural History Museum visitors speak languages other than English in their own language.
Transcription
editThere are several letters that have been released from the Natural History Museum's collection and are available to transcribe on Wikisource:
- James Dykes
- George K Cherrie collection 1
- George K Cherrie collection 2
- George K Cherrie collection 3
- Mdlle Paula, the famous reptile conqueror
A beginners guide to contributing to Wikisource
Events
editSaturday 19th October 2013 Trowel Blazers: Celebrate women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology – by creating and improving Wikipedia articles!
- Join TrowelBlazers in a one-day Wikipedia editathon dedicated to improving the Wikipedia pages of key women in archaeology, palaeotology and geology. There will be practical training in how to edit a wikipedia page, support and resources on-hand to make editing easier, and we’ve even lined up a team of experts (biographers and historians) to give talks about trowelblazing women and to lend their expertise. This event is open to those new to Wikipedia and to experienced contributors. Female editors are especially encouraged to attend. Help us improve the visibility of a host of forgotten women in science! We can think of no better way to celebrate International Archaeology Day, Earth Science Week AND Ada Lovelace Day.
Improve articles relating to the history of science or the natural world
edit- Add images that the Science Museum has added to Wikimedia Commons to suitable articles
- Editing any article if you would like an image of something in either of the museum's collections it may be possible.
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Welcome to Wikipedia booklet, how Wikipedia works, what it aims to do, how to get started.
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Wikipedia Education Program Case Studies, How universities are teaching with Wikipedia.
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Cheat sheet explaining basic Wikipedia editing code.
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Creative Commons postcard explaining various CC licences.
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What Wikimedia UK is, and what we have done over the past year.
People related to the museums
edit- Mary Anning
- Dorothea Bate
- Charles Darwin
- David Attenborough
- Andrew Carnegie
- Hans Sloane
- Richard Owen
- Bennet Woodcroft
- Henry Wellcome
Natural History Museum treasures exhibition objects
edit- Alfred Russel Wallace’s insects
- Archaeopteryx fossil
- Barbary lion skull
- The Birds of America book
- Blaschka glass models
- Broken Hill skull (rotates with Neanderthal skull)
- Charles Darwin’s pigeons
- Dodo skeleton
- Dwarf elephant tooth
- Emperor penguin egg
- George Clifford’s herbarium sheet
- Great auk
- Guy the gorilla
- Hans Sloane’s nautilus shell
- Iguanodon teeth
- Joseph Banks’ herbarium sheet
- Moa bone fragment
- Moon rock
- On the Origin of Species book
- Richard Owen painting
- William Smith’s ammonites
- Wold Cottage meteorite
Wikiprojects
edit- WikiProject History of Science
- WikiProject Telecommunications
- Women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics editathon list of articles
Information Age Exhibition
editGeneral themes relating to the upcoming Information Age exhibition at the Science Museum.
- Electric telegraph
- Broadcasting
- Telephone exchange
- Satellite
- Cell phone
- Cellular network
- World Wide Web
- Information
- Communication
- List of British Inventions
- Internet
- Internet Censorship
- Information technology
- Communication technology
- Women in science
- Alan Turing
- Nikola Tesla
- Science
- Technology
- History of science
- History of science and technology
Reports
edit1st Month Report |
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Science Museum and Natural History Museum Wikimedian Residence 1st month reporteditDuring my first month of residency I have mainly focussed on researching the possible areas of collaboration, introductory meeting with staff members relevant to the project. Also carrying out presentations and informal meetings on Wikimedia projects and how to contribute to them and setting up small test projects to show effectiveness of contributing to and using Wikimedia and other open knowledge projects. Completed tasks:edit
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2nd Month Report |
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Science Museum and Natural History Museum Wikimedian Residence 1st month reporteditThe second month of my residency has focused on research for an advisory report for the museums on the value of openly licensing its resources and setting up training. A full list of activities as follows:
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3rd Month Report |
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Due to time off and attending a workshop, time in the museum working at the residency was reduced to 2 weeks. Projects delivered within the past monthedit
A brief outline of how the projects delivered link with the general objectives of the residency, and the Wikimedia UK’s missionedit
Projects in developmentedit
Planned projectsedit
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4th Month Report |
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Due to time off and attending a workshop, time in the museum working at the residency was reduced to 2 weeks. Projects delivered within the past monthedit
A brief outline of how the projects delivered link with the general objectives of the residency, and the Wikimedia UK’s missionedit
Projects in developmentedit
Planned projectsedit
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5th Month Report |
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Due to time off and attending a workshop, time in the museum working at the residency was reduced to 6 weeks. The residency is now done on a part time basis (20 hours per week). Projects delivered within the past monthedit
A brief outline of how the projects delivered link with the general objectives of the residency, and the Wikimedia UK’s missionedit
Projects in developmentedit
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6th Month Report |
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The residency is now done on a part time basis (20 hours per week). Projects delivered within the past monthedit
Selection os images from the Science Museum collection added to Wikimedia Commons with their page views per dayedit
A brief outline of how the projects delivered link with the general objectives of the residency, and the Wikimedia UK’s missionedit
Projects in developmentedit
Planned projectsedit
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7th Month Report |
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Projects delivered within the past montheditPresentationsedit
Training eventsedit
TrowelBlazersedit
A brief outline of how the projects delivered link with the general objectives of the residency, and the Wikimedia UK’s missionedit
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8th Month Report |
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Projects delivered within the past monthedit
A brief outline of how the projects delivered link with the general objectives of the residency, and the Wikimedia UK’s missionedit
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9th Month Report |
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Projects delivered in the last monthedit
A brief outline of how the projects delivered link with the general objectives of the residency, and the Wikimedia UK’s missionedit
Projects in developmentedit
Planned projectsedit
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Final case study report - [1]