Middelheim Museum

The castle building of the Middelheim Museum

This page describes the project together with the Middelheim Museum.

Purpose

The goal is to get the collection of the Middelheim Museum in Wikidata, images of the artworks to Wikimedia Commons and articles written in Wikipedia, in line with the policy of the Flemish Government to publish collections under an open license as open data (described: Visienota ‘een Vlaams cultuurbeleid in het digitale tijdperk’   (archived)).

History and background

The Middelheim Museum is part of the Musea en Erfgoed Antwerpen, a network of museums of the city of Antwerp.

Since 2014 Wikimedia Belgium has been in contact with the Musea en Erfgoed Antwerpen about collaboration.

Contacts

• Romaine

Partners

• Middelheim Museum

Budget

• Grant: WMBE 2018/2019: GLAM program

Timeline

• October 2016 - Import part of collection to Wikidata   (Spinster)
• 16 November 2018 - Meeting with Middelheim Museum in Antwerp about content donation and activities   (Romaine)
  • So far 356 items in Wikidata have Collection: Middelheim Museum

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Related links

• Middelheim Museum on Wikidata
• Category Middelheim Museum on Wikimedia Commons
• Query to have list of items with Collection: Middelheim Museum