Announcing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Ice_Age_Event_-_October_13,_…
This is a full-day event to encourage participation in our project
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Ice_Age_art> to improve
coverage of Ice Age art aka the Art of the Upper Paleolithic on
Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, including the early history
of the rediscovery and interpretation of these objects. The British
Museum are planning an important exhibition for Spring 2013 on this, and
the project will run until then.
This is a rare opportunity to have guided tours of the collections at
Franks House, where the British Museum's Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
objects not on display live. It will also be possible to photograph
some objects at Franks House, which will be very useful for the project
(and at Bloomsbury in the normal way). Places are strictly limited to
20 because of the facilities at Franks House. We are very lucky to be
having a generous amount of time with Jill Cook, Deputy Keeper of the
Prehistoric & Europe Department, responsible for Palaeolithic and
Mesolithic material, and
[
http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/departments/staff/prehistory_and_eu…
Nick Ashton], Curator of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic collections.
Sign up now open - only 20 places.
John