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Gallery, Library, Archive and Museum collaborations with Wikimedia UK

Organisation	Location	Possibility	Photography	Free entry	Access to experts	Hub for event	Wikimedia contact	GLAM Department	Events	WikiProjects
British Museum	London	Definite	? (Panorama)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Fae	Learning, Web	2010 Wikipedian in Residence 2010 Backstage Pass 2010 GLAM-WIKI 2011-05 Johnbod and Fae to arrange meeting with MC to review prospective event	(Shedloads)
British Library	London	Definite	Limited (lobby area or elsewhere with permission)	Yes	Yes	Yes +free wifi	Mike Peel or Fae	IT and all collections	2011-01:Editathon 2011-02: BL Philately event under discussion (longer than expected to get to the next stage) (Fæ) 2011-4: BL English and Drama department event is on 4 June with the details TBA over the next few weeks (Fæ) 2011-4: 24 June GLAMcamp London	Literature, Audio library, Philately, Newspaper archives, Maps...
Kew Gardens	London SW	High	Yes	Probably			Andrew Davidson		2011-02: Approach under discussion, possible tie-in with other local organizations; 2011-05: Ambassador nominated for follow-up	Biology, Botany, Architecture
V&A Museum	London	Definite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Probably	Fae		Wikipedia Loves Art Workshop to be arranged some point in the web weekend V&A event 15-17 July - Fae arranging with AC	Fashion
Derby Museum and Art Gallery	Derby	Definite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Victuallers	Collections, Communities	Backstage Pass - 9th April 2011 Wright Challenge by Sept 3rd	Enlightenment, Art, Natural Sciences, Archaeology, Social History etc.
National Railway Museum	York	Definite	?	?	Yes	Yes	Victuallers, Tagishsimon	Collections, Communities	22 June - details under discussion; WMF GLAM Fellow User:Wittylama supporting event	Art, Trains etc
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	Coventry	Definite	Most places	Yes	Yes	Yes	Victuallers		2011-01-10- Backstage Pass
National Portrait Gallery	London	?	No							Art
Natural History Museum	London	Good	?	Yes	?					Art
Museum of London	London	Good	?	Yes	?					Art, Slavery
National Maritime Museum	London	Good	?	Yes	?	?		Web +?		Ships, Military History, Astronomy, Art, Time
English Heritage	Across England	Good/Fair	?	Some	Probably	?	Fæ	Archaeological Projects	2011-02: Initial meeting held with internal champion (HC) who is scheduled to meet Head of Volunteering in April to propose a case for a Wikimedia collaboration event. Following up with supporting information for preparation.	Archaeology
Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology	Oxford		?	Yes	?
National Museum of Scotland	Edinburgh		?	Yes	?
Pitt Rivers	Oxford		?		?
Coventry Transport museum	Coventry		Yes	Yes	?	Possible				Transport, Automobiles etc.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History	Oxford		?	Yes	?
Wellcome Foundation	London		?	Yes	?		Fæ	Open publishing	2011-3-23 initial contact and discussions, commitment to a (closed) workshop on 3 June. This will be composed of a variety of invited researchers interested in publishing materials in the open domain with the intended outcome of positive commitments to do so.	Medical related resources
The National Archives	London, Kew	Good					Leutha
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology	London	Medium	Yes	Yes	Yes	Probably	Fae		2011-05 Informal discussions with staff, meeting with the Museum Manager to be arranged. They are currently using QR codes in creative ways.	Egyptology, Ancient history

Notes

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