Wikipedia:WikiProject Victorian Museums

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Welcome to the Victorian Museums WikiProject!

This project had its origins in a Twitter conversation between @sayraphim and @mikejonesmelb in March 2018 about the number of Victorian museums with no Wikipedia page on the 'List of museums in Victoria (Australia)'. With International Museums Day a couple of months away, they decided to do something about it. As a result, they organised the first International Museums Day Edit-a-thon focused on Victorian Museums, with support from ACMI and ACMI-X, who provided the venue.

While the inaugural edit-a-thon was organised with the intention of kick-starting work, the project to improve coverage of Victorian museums on Wikipedia is ongoing. If you want to participate, you can include your name in the 'Members' section below.


Goals

  • Improve Wikipedia's coverage of Victorian museums and galleries.
  • Improve quality of existing articles on Victorian museums and galleries, including more detail and/or photos where necessary.

Scope

The project covers all articles about museums in a wide range of disciplines and locations throughout Victoria, Australia. We are working mainly with these two lists: List of museums in Melbourne and List of museums in Victoria (Australia)

For those within the museum sector, and collaborations between Wikipedia and institutions, see Wikipedia:Advice for the cultural sector and Wikipedia:WikiProject Museums.

Members

This user is a participant in WikiProject Victorian Museums.

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  1. SirSez (talk · contribs) History nerd, knowledge enthusiast, academic, artist.
  2. Mikejonesmelb (talk · contribs) Archivist, GLAM researcher, historian, art historian.
  3. Stevage (talk · contribs) Long time Wikipedia contributor, software developer.
  4. Canley (talk · contribs) Wikipedia admin, Wikidata nut
  5. Clareifications (talk · contribs) Academic librarian by day, activist archivist by night.
  6. Kassigrace (talk · contribs) Library technician.
  7. ThylacineHunter (talk · contribs) Railway, tram, traction engine and paddle boat historian

Wikidata map

Here is a Wikidata query which displays a map of museums and subclasses of museum in Victoria, Australia (where there are coordinates available). If there is an image and/or a Wikipedia article it will show that too. Canley (talk · contribs) will update this over the course of the edit-a-thon.

2018 International Museums Day Edit-a-thon

Female editors working on laptops for edit-a-thon
Participants at the International Museum Day edit-a-thon held at ACMI X Melbourne, Australia on 18 May 2018

Sayraphim Lothian and Mike Jones organised an Edit-a-thon for International Museums Day on 18 May 2018, at ACMI-X in Melbourne, Victoria. The purpose of the edit-a-thon was to create and improve pages for Victorian museums and galleries.

VIDEO: Why should museums be on Wikipedia?

To Do

Please feel free to tackle any of the items below! If you do start working on something, we recommend adding an 'in progress' note beside the institution on this project page. Then, when you have finished something, move it to the 'Work Completed' section at the bottom, including your username and the date/time.

Article requests

  • Alexandra Timber Tramway - in progress
  • Altona Homestead Museum
  • Ambleside Park Museum
  • Andrew Ross Museum
  • ANZ Banking Museum
  • Apollo Bay Museum
  • Australian Army Museum, Bandiana
  • Australian Army Signals Museum
  • Australian Music Vault - in progress
  • Barwon Grange
  • Barwon Park
  • Bass Strait Shell Museum
  • Benalla Costume and Pioneer Museum
  • Beleura
  • Buda Historic Home and Garden - in progress. Page made as Buda (house)
  • Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
  • Burke Museum (Australia)
  • Burrinja Cultural Centre
  • HMAS Cerberus Museum
  • Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum
  • Chiltern Athenaeum
  • Chiltern Motor Museum
  • Churchill Island Heritage Farm
  • City Gallery, Melbourne
  • Clunes Museum
  • Clunes Bottle Museum
  • Coal Creek Community Park and Museum
  • Cohuna & District Historical Society Museum
  • Coleraine Car Museum
  • Creswick Museum
  • Dow's Pharmacy
  • Echuca Historical Society Museum
  • Eldorado Museum
  • Fairhall (House) (part of the The Johnston Collection page currently
  • Federal Standard Printing Works
  • Fire Services Museum Victoria
  • Flinders Historical Museum
  • Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery
  • Forestry Heritage Museum
  • Foster and District Historical Society Museum
  • Fox Classic Car Collection
  • Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum
  • Gippsland Vehicle Collection
  • Gulf Station
  • Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre
  • Hamilton Art Gallery
  • Hastings-Western Port Historical Society
  • Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens
  • The Heights Heritage House
  • Horsham Regional Art Gallery
  • Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum
  • Kyneton Museum
  • Labassa
  • Lake View House
  • Lakeside Antique Machinery Museum
  • Langi Morgala Museum
  • Latrobe Regional Gallery
  • Lilydale & District Historical Society Museum
  • Maffra Sugar Beet Museum
  • Maldon Museum - in progress
  • Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum
  • Mallacoota Bunker Museum
  • Maroondah Art Gallery
  • Mary Glowrey Museum
  • Melbourne Museum of Printing
  • Mooramong
  • Mornington Old Post Office Museum
  • Monash Gallery of Art is part of the City of Monash page currently
  • Mont De Lancey Homestead and Museum
  • Museo Italiano
  • National Holden Motor Museum
  • National Steam Centre
  • Ned Kelly Museum
  • Port Fairy History Centre
  • Portable Iron Houses
  • Portarlington Mill
  • Portland Maritime Discovery Centre
  • Portland Powerhouse Motor & Car Museum
  • Queenscliffe Historical Museum
  • Royal Australian Army Pay Corps Museum
  • Sale Historical Museum
  • Salvation Army Heritage Centre
  • Schramm's Cottage Complex
  • Shepparton Art Museum
  • Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum
  • Smythesdale Court House
  • Stawell Historical Society Museum
  • St Arnaud Historical Museum
  • Surf World Museum
  • TAA Museum
  • Tasma Gallery
  • The Bible Museum
  • Tiger Moth World
  • Upper Yarra Museum
  • Villa Alba
  • Wangaratta Art Gallery
  • Wangaratta Museum
  • Warrandyte Post Office Museum
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery
  • Williamstown Historical Society Museum
  • Worsley Cottage Complex
  • Yackandandah Museum
  • Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

Needs a photo

Needs more photos

Photos on Commons to add to new or existing articles

Commons categories

Needs more detail

Needs more citations

Needs GPS co ords

Needs an infobox

Template:Infobox museum is the template for museum infoboxes

Lists to check

We need to check through these lists to see if there are organisations we are missing.

Work completed

Articles created

Articles expanded

GPS co ords added

Photos added

Infobox added

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