We organized 'Wikipedia Loves Art' centrally with Wikimedia NYC and the Brooklyn Museum, and reached out to other museums and local Wikimedia folks in different cities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art
I got in touch with Dave Menninger to coordinate the wiki side of working with the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, and I hope we can get Boston museums participating in the future.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks, Pharos
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Samuel Klein sj@laptop.org wrote:
Nicole, I don't think there has been a crossover. the Boston Photog group would be a great one to engage. And we could start with university libraries and museums, which tend to be especially open to such things. Getting permission to take / relicense good photos of major library works would likely be possible as well.
--SJ
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Nicole Willson artisticaltruist@gmail.com wrote:
Don't know if you're aware of Dave Menninger or Wikipedia Loves Art, but I follow them on Facebook. Description from the page:
"Wikipedia Loves Art is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest among museums and cultural institutions worldwide, and aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles."
More info can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=128326730243&h=oXcAL&u=vVo... . Looks like a lot of NYC museums are involved.
Do you know if any effort has been made to work with Boston museums? I know there's a big Boston Photography meetup. Also Boston MediaMakers has a lot of photographers and videographers willing to volunteer for the right projects. Maybe they'd be interested? Also, I have a library school friend who used to work at the MFA. She may be able to tell me who to contact about getting permission to take pictures for Wikipedia.
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