Wikipedia:WikiProject Victorian Museums

Welcome to the Victorian Museums WikiProject!

This project had its origins in a Twitter conversation between @sayraphim and @mikejonesmelb in March 2018 about the number of Victorian museums with no Wikipedia page on the 'List of museums in Victoria (Australia)'. With International Museums Day a couple of months away, they decided to do something about it. As a result, they organised the first International Museums Day Edit-a-thon focused on Victorian Museums, with support from ACMI and ACMI-X, who provided the venue.

While the inaugural edit-a-thon was organised with the intention of kick-starting work, the project to improve coverage of Victorian museums on Wikipedia is ongoing. If you want to participate, you can include your name in the 'Members' section below.

Goals

 * Improve Wikipedia's coverage of Victorian museums and galleries.
 * Improve quality of existing articles on Victorian museums and galleries, including more detail and/or photos where necessary.

Scope
The project covers all articles about museums in a wide range of disciplines and locations throughout Victoria, Australia. We are working mainly with these two lists: List of museums in Melbourne and List of museums in Victoria (Australia)

For those within the museum sector, and collaborations between Wikipedia and institutions, see Advice for the cultural sector and WikiProject Museums.

Members
User WikiProject Victorian Museums
 * 1)  History nerd, knowledge enthusiast, academic, artist.
 * 2)  Archivist, GLAM researcher, historian, art historian.
 * 3)  Long time Wikipedia contributor, software developer.
 * 4)  Wikipedia admin, Wikidata nut
 * 5)  Academic librarian by day, activist archivist by night.
 * 6)  Library technician.
 * 7)  Railway, tram, traction engine and paddle boat historian

Wikidata map
Here is a Wikidata query which displays a map of museums and subclasses of museum in Victoria, Australia (where there are coordinates available). If there is an image and/or a Wikipedia article it will show that too. will update this over the course of the edit-a-thon.

2018 International Museums Day Edit-a-thon
Sayraphim Lothian and Mike Jones organised an Edit-a-thon for International Museums Day on 18 May 2018, at ACMI-X in Melbourne, Victoria. The purpose of the edit-a-thon was to create and improve pages for Victorian museums and galleries.

VIDEO: Why should museums be on Wikipedia?

To Do
Please feel free to tackle any of the items below! If you do start working on something, we recommend adding an 'in progress' note beside the institution on this project page. Then, when you have finished something, move it to the 'Work Completed' section at the bottom, including your username and the date/time.

Article requests

 * Alexandra Timber Tramway - in progress
 * Altona Homestead Museum
 * Ambleside Park Museum
 * Andrew Ross Museum
 * ANZ Banking Museum
 * Apollo Bay Museum
 * Australian Army Museum, Bandiana
 * Australian Army Signals Museum
 * Australian Music Vault - in progress
 * Barwon Grange
 * Barwon Park
 * Bass Strait Shell Museum
 * Benalla Costume and Pioneer Museum
 * Beleura
 * Buda Historic Home and Garden - in progress. Page made as Buda (house)
 * Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
 * Burke Museum (Australia)
 * Burrinja Cultural Centre
 * HMAS Cerberus Museum
 * Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum
 * Chiltern Athenaeum
 * Chiltern Motor Museum
 * Churchill Island Heritage Farm
 * City Gallery, Melbourne
 * Clunes Museum
 * Clunes Bottle Museum
 * Coal Creek Community Park and Museum
 * Cohuna & District Historical Society Museum
 * Coleraine Car Museum
 * Creswick Museum
 * Dow's Pharmacy
 * Echuca Historical Society Museum
 * Eldorado Museum
 * Fairhall (House) (part of the The Johnston Collection page currently
 * Federal Standard Printing Works
 * Fire Services Museum Victoria
 * Flinders Historical Museum
 * Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery
 * Forestry Heritage Museum
 * Foster and District Historical Society Museum
 * Fox Classic Car Collection
 * Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum
 * Gippsland Vehicle Collection
 * Gulf Station
 * Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre
 * Hamilton Art Gallery
 * Hastings-Western Port Historical Society
 * Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens
 * The Heights Heritage House
 * Horsham Regional Art Gallery
 * Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum
 * Kyneton Museum
 * Labassa
 * Lake View House
 * Lakeside Antique Machinery Museum
 * Langi Morgala Museum
 * Latrobe Regional Gallery
 * Lilydale & District Historical Society Museum
 * Maffra Sugar Beet Museum
 * Maldon Museum - in progress
 * Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum
 * Mallacoota Bunker Museum
 * Maroondah Art Gallery
 * Mary Glowrey Museum
 * Melbourne Museum of Printing
 * Mooramong
 * Mornington Old Post Office Museum
 * Monash Gallery of Art is part of the City of Monash page currently
 * Mont De Lancey Homestead and Museum
 * Museo Italiano
 * National Holden Motor Museum
 * National Steam Centre
 * Ned Kelly Museum
 * Port Fairy History Centre
 * Portable Iron Houses
 * Portarlington Mill
 * Portland Maritime Discovery Centre
 * Portland Powerhouse Motor & Car Museum
 * Queenscliffe Historical Museum
 * Royal Australian Army Pay Corps Museum
 * Sale Historical Museum
 * Salvation Army Heritage Centre
 * Schramm's Cottage Complex
 * Shepparton Art Museum
 * Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum
 * Smythesdale Court House
 * Stawell Historical Society Museum
 * St Arnaud Historical Museum
 * Surf World Museum
 * TAA Museum
 * Tasma Gallery
 * The Bible Museum
 * Tiger Moth World
 * Upper Yarra Museum
 * Villa Alba
 * Wangaratta Art Gallery
 * Wangaratta Museum
 * Warrandyte Post Office Museum
 * Warrnambool Art Gallery
 * Williamstown Historical Society Museum
 * Worsley Cottage Complex
 * Yackandandah Museum
 * Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

Needs a photo

 * Australian Jazz Museum
 * Australian Racing Museum
 * Convent Gallery
 * Geelong Maritime Museum
 * Gippsland Armed Forces Museum
 * Melbourne's Living Museum of the West
 * Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club
 * Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
 * National Alpine Museum of Australia
 * National Wool Museum (Geelong)
 * National Vietnam Veterans Museum
 * Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
 * Tramway Museum Society of Victoria

Needs more photos

 * Ararat Regional Art Gallery
 * Backwoods Gallery
 * Benalla Art Gallery
 * HM Prison Beechworth
 * Bendigo Art Gallery
 * Como House
 * Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
 * Fort Queenscliff
 * Grainger Museum
 * Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
 * Hawthorn tram depot
 * Ian Potter Centre
 * Immigration Museum, Melbourne
 * J Ward
 * Jewish Museum of Australia
 * Mechanics' Institute, Sorrento
 * Melbourne Maritime Museum
 * Mulberry Hill (Langwarrin South, Victoria)
 * National Sports Museum
 * Post Office Gallery
 * Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
 * Scienceworks (Melbourne)
 * Schwerkolt Cottage
 * Coop's Shot Tower

Commons categories

 * Museums in Melbourne
 * Museums in Victoria (Australia)
 * Fox Classic Car Collection
 * National Holden Motor Museum

Needs more detail

 * Ararat Regional Art Gallery
 * Australian Racing Museum
 * Australian Railway Historical Society Museum (now called Newport Railway Museum)
 * Backwoods Gallery
 * Benalla Art Gallery
 * Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
 * Cape Schanck Lighthouse
 * Castlemaine Art Museum, history substantial, needs work on contemporary period, adding exhibitions, publications, was part of Castlemaine, Victoria, used to be at Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum
 * Centre for Contemporary Photography
 * Chinese Museum, Melbourne
 * Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve
 * Como House
 * Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
 * Geelong Art Gallery
 * Geelong Maritime Museum
 * Gippsland Armed Forces Museum
 * Grainger Museum
 * Hawthorn tram depot
 * Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
 * Ian Potter Centre
 * Ian Potter Museum of Art
 * Immigration Museum, Melbourne
 * Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre
 * Koorie Heritage Trust
 * Mechanics' Institute, Sorrento
 * Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
 * Mulberry Hill (Langwarrin South, Victoria)
 * National Alpine Museum of Australia
 * National Wool Museum (Geelong)
 * National Vietnam Veterans Museum
 * Post Office Gallery
 * Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
 * Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum
 * Schwerkolt Cottage
 * Scienceworks (Melbourne)
 * State Coal Mine
 * Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
 * Tramway Museum Society of Victoria

Needs more citations

 * Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives
 * Centre for Contemporary Photography
 * Convent Gallery
 * Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
 * Ian Potter Centre
 * Ian Potter Museum of Art
 * Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club
 * Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum
 * Sovereign Hill

Needs an infobox

 * ''Template:Infobox museum is the template for museum infoboxes


 * Australian Railway Historical Society (now called Newport Railway Museum)
 * Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
 * Convent Gallery
 * Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
 * Fort Queenscliff
 * La Trobe's Cottage
 * McCrae Homestead
 * Mulberry Hill (Langwarrin South, Victoria)
 * National Alpine Museum of Australia
 * National Vietnam Veterans Museum
 * Post Office Gallery
 * Rippon Lea Estate
 * Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
 * Mechanics' Institute, Sorrento
 * Sovereign Hill
 * State Coal Mine
 * Victorian Telecommunications Museum
 * Werribee Park

Lists to check
We need to check through these lists to see if there are organisations we are missing.


 * List of Victoria's accredited museums
 * Victorian Cultural Network List (this includes related institutions like community archives)

Articles created

 * Allansford Cheese World Museum - gemgemyellowgem 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Victoria Police Museum - Canley (talk) 03:13, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Koorie Heritage Trust - SirSez (talk) 03:13, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Dromana Historical Museum - Kassigrace 18 May 2018
 * Dax Centre - Bracteantha (talk) 06:05, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Heidelberg Historical Society - Maddy8 18 May 2018
 * TarraWarra Museum of Art - Mikejonesmelb (talk) 07:50, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Pioneer Settlement - Stevage 02:12, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Articles expanded

 * Grainger Museum - exhibition history added
 * Schwerkolt Cottage - CatalinaCurator added collection information and link to Victorian Collections
 * Mechanics' Institute, Sorrento - CatalinaCurator added information on displays
 * Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve - CatalinaCurator added photo and additional history

GPS co ords added

 * Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - gemgemyellowgem 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Newport Railway Museum - gemgemyellowgem 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club - gemgemyellowgem 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Old Gippstown - gemgemyellowgem 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Mechanics' Institute, Sorrento - gemgemyellowgem 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum - Canley (talk) 01:42, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * State Coal Mine - gemgemyellowgem 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Photos added

 * Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve – Added 3 to Commons, 2 to article – Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 02:11, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Australian Centre for the Moving Image Jade Koekoe 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Victoria Police Museum - Canley (talk) 06:33, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Koorie Heritage Trust - Canley (talk) 06:33, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - Kassigrace 18 May 2018
 * Geelong Art Gallery - Kassigrace 18 May 2018
 * Centre for Contemporary Photography - Kassigrace 21 May 2018
 * Ian Potter Museum of Art - Kassigrace 7 June 2018

Infobox added

 * Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve – done – Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 02:11, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - Kassigrace 18 May 2018
 * Grainger Museum
 * Australian Centre for Contemporary Art - Kassigrace 18 May 2018
 * Australian Jazz Museum - Kassigrace 18 May 2018
 * Australian Racing Museum - Kassigrace 18 May 2018
 * Bendigo Art Gallery - Kassigrace 22 May 2018
 * Queenscliffe Maritime Museum - Kassigrace 22 May 2018
 * Gippsland Armed Forces Museum - Kassigrace 7 June 2018
 * Islamic Museum of Australia - Kassigrace 7 June 2018
 * Ian Potter Museum of Art - Kassigrace 7 June 2018

Meta things

 * Template:Museums and galleries in Victoria (Australia) - Stevage 01:33, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Wikidata map of museums in Victoria