Join the GLAM-WIKI revolution

Ryan Kaldari & Sarah Stierch - GLAM-WIKI Santiago 2012

rkaldari@wikimedia.org - sstierch@wikimedia.org

What is ?

• Galleries

• Libraries

• Archives

• Museums

Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, 1910.

BRITISH MUSEUM The "Wikipedian in Residence" is born

Wikipedians at BM by Fae | Moai at BM by DarkCryst

NATIONAL ARCHIVES

(US) 120,000 images and counting

Valparaiso, June, 1941

THE CHILDREN'S

MUSEUM OF

INDIANAPOLIS

Jimmy Wales by Ann Schertz, derivativ by Tbayer (WMF)

Broad Ripple Park Carousel by Gustav Dentzel

Expanding the visitor's knowledge via smartphone

SMITHSONIAN

INSTITUTION Bringing staff and Wikipedians together.

Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Valparaiso by James Whistler

Artist Leonard Seweryn Jenkins, 1937, Archives of American Art

WIKIPEDIA LOVES ART Wikipedians take over art museums!

First event (2009):

• 15 museums

• 74 teams

• over 100

photographers

• 6195 photographs

WIKIPEDIA LOVES ART

WIKIPEDIA LOVES ART

• Lots of great new art photographs to

illustrate Wikipedia

• Lots of good publicity and new patrons for

art museums

WIKIPEDIA TAKES

[YOUR CITY]

• Conducted in 50+ cities across the world

• First was Wikipedia Takes Manhattan

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WTYC

http://youtube.com/v/je8edKOTmMc

WIKI LOVES MONUMENTS Documenting historic sites

• over 165,000 photos

uploaded in 2011

• Chile is an official

participant in 2012

• Uses a custom Upload

Wizard

Join the GLAM-WIKI revolution

Ryan Kaldari & Sarah Stierch - GLAM-WIKI Santiago 2012

rkaldari@wikimedia.org - sstierch@wikimedia.org