On 2 February 2011 10:57, Liam Wyatt liamwyatt@gmail.com wrote:
But, for fine arts galleries or major museums the process and policies of label writing is a very complex thing. Lots of people/departments involved, lots of policies and style guides (which wikipedians can relate to!) and lots of discussions about how to fit accurate content into small spaces without either dumbing down nor filling up the wall with text. I once did a multi-week internship at the [[powerhouse museum]] in order to research and write *two* labels for a temporary display! Suffice it to say that no museum is going to, at this stage, outsource their label writing to Wikipedians - it would be too much of a political decision within the organisation as you can imagine. [perhaps a small/volunteer organization might though...]
Portsmouth natural history museum is on the opposite end of the scale compared to the likes of the powerhouse museum.
I'll dig out contact details and a suggested draft email this weekend.