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Welcome to the Museums WikiProject! A chunk of this text has been stolen borrowed under GFDL ;) from other Wiki Projects under the idea that they're a lot more familiar with the process than I am, which isn't hard!

Goals
  • Improve Wikipedia's coverage of museums.
  • Improve quality of existing articles
  • Expand smaller museums in non-English dominant countries where articles are little more than a sentence.
  • Create guidelines for articles about museums.
Scope
  • The project covers all articles about museums in a wide range of disciplines and locations throughout the world. By member consensus, it does not include aquaria, herbaria, zoos and other non-museum 'collections' because these are well-covered in other projects.

Contents

Members

  1. DiverScout (talk · contribs) (volunteer curator for small museum in UK, will concentrate on East Anglian, rail and WW2 content]])
  2. Travellingcari (talk · contribs) (interested in everything about museums, currently focusing on the New York City area. See my to-do list)
  3. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk)
  4. John Carter (talk) 21:10, 18 March 2008 (UTC) - This is the first project I was ever told I was myself "within the scope of". I know I'm getting on in years, but still. :)
  5. LanceBarber (talk) 04:27, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
  6. MBK004 (talk · contribs) - military/ships
  7. Gimme danger (talk · contribs) - science museums and Chicago-area museums
  8. LukeTheSpook (talk) - Going to be working on rating articles...
  9. Minnaert (talk) 04:24, 21 March 2008 (UTC) - I mess around with museum articles... mainly in california
  10. Jpbowen (talk · contribs) – interested in museums internationally and especially online
  11. Bluegoblin7 (talk · contribs) - interested in most British Museums, especially Transport ones!
  12. Aqwis (talk · contribs) - interested in science museums and Norwegian museums in general
  13. Lquilter (talk · contribs) - science museums, categorizing
  14. RogoPD - public art collections in Europe
  15. Daniel Case (talk · contribs) - I have done many historic house museums here in the Hudson Valley as a by-product of doing articles for the U.S. National Register of Historic Places project, so it's really a formality. Good that we have this project. Daniel Case (talk) 20:09, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  16. Dmadeo (talk · contribs) - I've done a lot of work on List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City, many of which are historic house museums, but also are the big boys such as the Met, etc.
  17. Musebrarian (talk · contribs) - history, industry and technology, Museum Informatics, Museology
  18. Blofeld of SPECTRE (talk · contribs) -Count me in, I won't be actively concentrating on museums but will be creating some articles on museums in places in the developing world in coordination with my other work, particularly Africa and Asia and countries of Central Europe.
  19. Appletrees (talk · contribs) - Mostly working on museums in South Korea, but North Korea seems to have interesting museums as well.
  20. Doncram (talk · contribs) - Ship museums, historic house museums, other historic site museums. Have been participating, may as well join. :) doncram (talk) 17:42, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
  21. Noroton (talk) 11:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC) - I'm interested in lists and categories of museums, and in occasionally creating articles on small museums
  22. BusterD (talk · contribs) - Another NYC-area museum member with a love for science museums and historical societies. BusterD (talk) 12:25, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
  23. Basketball110 (talk · contribs) - I can get info and pictures from all the museums in Romania.
  24. LordAmeth (talk · contribs) - Focusing on museums, historical sites, etc in Japan.
  25. Thomas Paine1776 (talk · contribs)
  26. Woland37 (talk · contribs) interested in museum stuff including organizations and whatnot
  27. Ridenm (talk · contribs) working on National Atomic Museum page
  28. MRacer (talk · contribs) - former museum volunteer and fine artist with an interest in art, world history and local history subjects as they relate here.
  29. nrswanson (talk · contribs) - Frequent world traveler, classical musician, and museum lover.
  30. nicg1883 (talk · contribs) – interested in museum and have created an article on the Holy Jesus Hospital Museum. English.
  31. Ecoleetage (talk · contribs) -- joining with the newly created article Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:51, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
  32. Jordan Timothy James Busson (talk · contribs) I'll help out. -- 17:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
  33. WiltshireHeritage (talk · contribs) - museum curator
  34. Ralphwiggam75 (talk · contribs) - art historian

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To Do

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Deletion Discussions

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Museums and libraries AfDs

Folsom Public Library

Folsom Public Library (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View AfD)

While there are ghits and news hits, they appear limited to the following: 1) library closure notifications 2) events at the library and 3) voting issues, none of which establish notability for the library. Some of the text, i.e. The age, design and limited space of the building no longer sustain the needs of our city’s growing community. appears to be a copyvio but it may be offline as I can't find the source. 04:43, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. -- 04:43, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Museums and libraries-related deletion discussions. -- 04:44, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. I added some references. I suspect that the reason the county library's branch was closed was California's Proposition 13 which put limits on local taxes and led to significant cutbacks in local government services. The references show significant coverage, and more can probably be found. It would be helpful to have information about the library's special collections and whether the library's buildings have won any awards. -- Eastmain (talk) 05:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment the references show nothing of notability, local coverage of issues related to funding and expansion. Ones that I'd venture a guess are issues every library faces. I know local ones in two places I've lived have had similar issues and they're not notable either. Closed or not doesn't matter, it doesn't get notability for having been closed. I wold agree that if it's buildings won any awards it might be notable, but I found no evidence of that being the case. 05:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Seems notable to me. Could certainly be improved. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:52, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Museums and libraries Proposed Deletions

Assessment

Below is a bot generated table of the assessment process and current status of WikiProject Museums supported articles. The stats are generated automatically every 2-3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Museums (and replacing Foobar) into the Category box here.


Current status

Museums
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 1 1 6 8
A 1 1
Good article GA 1 1 3 15 2 22
B 3 1 24 29 17 74
C 1 4 4 9
Start 5 16 88 520 148 777
Stub 3 81 1613 1562 3259
List 8 12 25 20 65
Assessed 9 31 210 2212 1753 4215
Unassessed 300 300
Total 9 31 210 2212 2053 4515

Recognized Content

Featured content

Candidates


Good Content

Candidates

DYK

Updated DYK queryDid you know? was updated with a fact from the article, which members of this project created or substantially expanded.
  1. on 2008-11-18 National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
  2. on 2008-11-10 Connecticut River Museum
  3. on 2008-10-07 National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
  4. on 2008-09-22 Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center
  5. on 2008-09-14 Louvre Abu Dhabi
  6. on 2008-09-01 Rose Museum
  7. on 2008-08-23 National Museum of Catholic Art and History
  8. on 2008-07-09 Nassau County Museum of Art
  9. on 2008-07-08 International Checker Hall of Fame
  10. on 2008-06-22 Brigham Young University Museum of Art
  11. on 2008-06-15 Timexpo Museum
  12. on 2008-06-09 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum
  13. On 2008-05-30 Vilnius Guggenheim Hermitage Museum
  14. On 2008-05-29 Museum at Bethel Woods
  15. On 2008-05-22 Champlain Valley Transportation Museum
  16. On 2008-05-26 Bluff Point Light
  17. On 2008-05-22 Seaway Trail Discovery Center
  18. On 2008-05-06 Bevier House Museum
  19. On 2008-05-05 Ilmin Museum of Art
  20. On 2008-05-04 Kingsland Homestead
  21. On 2008-04-25 Davison's Mill, Stelling Minnis
  22. On 2008-04-23 National Museum of Beirut
  23. On 2008-04-21 Chillenden Windmill
  24. On 2008-04-14 Bailey House Museum
  25. On 2008-03-28 Catalyst (museum)
  26. On 2008-03-23 Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
  27. On 2008-03-20 Grosvenor Museum
  28. On 2008-03-11 Yokohama Museum of Art
  29. On 2008-03-10 U.S. Army Transportation Museum
  30. On 2008-03-07 Museum Wharf
  31. On 2008-03-07 Kapodistrias Museum
  32. On 2008-02-28 Indiana Medical History Museum
  33. On 2008-02-22 Tramcars of the National Tramway Museum
  34. On 2008-02-06 Riley Birthplace and Museum
  35. On 2008-02-05 James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home
  36. On 2008-01-28 Polish Museum, Rapperswil
  37. On 2008-01-16 Matisse Museum (Le Cateau)
  38. On 2008-01-11 The Bakken
  39. On 2007-11-22 SantralIstanbul
  40. On 2007-10-20 Madame Tussauds Hong Kong
  41. On 2007-10-19 Yorkshire Museum
  42. On 2007-10-16 Sapporo Beer Museum
  43. On 2007-10-08 Building of Bath Museum
  44. On 2007-09-29 Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
  45. On 2007-09-11 American Advertising Museum
  46. On 2007-09-04 National Art Gallery of Singapore
  47. On 2007-09-02 Peshtigo Fire Museum
  48. On 2007-08-08 Hull Maritime Museum
  49. On 2007-08-08 Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
  50. On 2007-07-31 National Coach Museum
  51. On 2007-07-30 Bertramka
  52. On 2007-07-17 Ellwood House
  53. On 2007-07-12 Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse
  54. On 2007-06-28 City and Town Hall
  55. On 2007-05-03 EAA AirVenture Museum
  56. On 2007-04-24 Oscar Niemeyer Museum
  57. On 2007-04-02 Rancho Camulos
  58. On 2007-03-26 Hallie Ford Museum of Art
  59. On 2007-03-23 Palanga Amber Museum
  60. On 2007-03-10 Barnum Museum
  61. On 2007-03-07 New Orleans Mint
  62. On 2007-03-04 National Art Museum of Ukraine
  63. On 2007-01-09 Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics
  64. On 2006-12-27 Living Museum of the Horse
  65. On 2006-11-07 West Wycombe Park
  66. On 2006-10-31 Pontus Hultén
  67. On 2006-10-12 Holophusikon
  68. On 2006-10-09 Vitra Design Museum
  69. On 2006-09-13 Cabinet des Médailles
  70. On 2006-09-06 Belton House
  71. On 2006-07-18 Philippe de Montebello
  72. On 2006-06-14 Perth Gaol
  73. On 2006-05-26 Neues Museum
  74. On 2006-05-03 Tennessee State Museum'
  75. On 2006-04-30 Reaper (sailing vessel)
  76. On 2006-04-30 V. I. Lenin Museum
  77. On 2006-04-17 Atchison County Historical Museum
  78. On 2006-04-13 Fersman Mineralogical Museum
  79. On 2006-04-10 Scottish Fisheries Museum
  80. On 2006-03-15 ASTRA National Museum Complex'
  81. On 2006-03-15 Palazzo Pitti'
  82. On 2006-03-06 Sanssouci Picture Gallery
  83. On 2006-01-25 Heide Museum of Modern Art
  84. On 2005-09-02 USS Missouri (BB-63)
  85. Museum of Sex
  86. National Museum of Mali
  87. Capitoline Museums
  88. Skyscraper Museum
  89. Museum für Naturkunde
  90. Smithsonian American Art Museum
  91. State Historical Museum
  92. Pergamon Museum
  93. Oxford University Museum of Natural History
  94. Burlesque Hall of Fame

Categories

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Articles to Create

Depending on how you look at it, we're (un)lucky to have a significant body of articles that need creating. Looking at the predominantly redlinks here:

  • List of museums International with multiple red links, good place to start
  • Include the Museum infobox when creating or editing a museum articles

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