Musée Royal de Mariemont

The Musée royal de Mariemont is een Scientific institution of the French Community of Belgium and museum in Morlanwelz. The museum is surrounded by the Domain of Mariemont and has a collection of statues and objects from ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and from the far east.

Purpose

The goal of the project is to help the museum to share their knowledge on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms, in text, images and data. Part of the collaboration is the organised Wikipedia workshop in the museum.

History and background

For the photo contest Wiki Loves Art in 2016 we came in contact with the Musée royal de Mariemont and they opened up their doors for participating photographers in the photo contest.

Contacts

Carine Detrait for Musée royal de Mariemont
Romaine for WMBE

Partners

Musée royal de Mariemont

Budget

Wiki Loves Art budget (2016)
Generic budget (2017-)

Timeline

July-August 2016 - Participation Musée Royal de Mariemont in Wiki Loves Art 2016 and open for the public
18 August 2016 - Meeting with Musée Royal de Mariemont during/for Wiki Loves Art 2016 (Loraine & Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
10 October 2016 - Meeting with Musée Royal de Mariemont in Morlanwelz (Loraine & Romaine)
30 January 2017 - Presentation for the Musée Royal de Mariemont in Morlanwelz (Lfurter & Romaine)
5 June 2017 - Edit-a-thon in Musée Royal de Mariemont (cancelled because of internet issues)
12 September 2017 - Meeting about preparation edit-a-thon Mariemont, in Antwerp (Romaine & Sam.Donvil)
16 September 2017 - Edit-a-thon in Musée Royal de Mariemont (Wikipedia project page | photos) (Romaine & Cbyd)

Statistics

Wiki Loves Art 2016
- 185 uploaded images
Edit-a-thon September 2017
- 10 participants
- 2 articles written, 7 articles improved, 1 new Wikidata item
- 6 content photos + 11 photos from event