Wikipedia:GLAM/Natural History Museum and Science Museum

Wikimedian in Residence
John 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

Multilingual virtual museum
We 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.


 * The virtual museum
 * Guide to making the virtual museum with a list of work to do

Transcription
There 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
Saturday 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

 * 1) Add images that the Science Museum has added to Wikimedia Commons to suitable articles
 * 2) Editing any article if you would like an image of something in either of the museum's collections it may be possible.

People related to the museums

 * Mary Anning
 * Dorothea Bate
 * Charles Darwin
 * David Attenborough
 * Andrew Carnegie
 * Hans Sloane
 * Richard Owen
 * Bennet Woodcroft
 * Henry Wellcome

Natural History Museum treasures exhibition objects
• 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

 * WikiProject History of Science
 * WikiProject Telecommunications
 * Women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics editathon list of articles

Information Age Exhibition
General 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
Final case study report -