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Welcome to the Museums WikiProject! A chunk of this text has been stolen borrowed under GFDL ;) from other Wiki Projects.

Goals
  • Improve Wikipedia's coverage of museums.
  • Improve quality of existing articles
  • Expand smaller museums in non-English dominant countries where articles are little more than a sentence.
  • Create guidelines for articles about museums.
Scope
  • The project covers all articles about museums in a wide range of disciplines and locations throughout the world. By member consensus, it does not include aquaria, herbaria, zoos and other non-museum 'collections' because these are well-covered in other projects.
  • For those within the museum sector, and collaborations between Wikipedia and institutions, see Wikipedia:Advice for the cultural sector.

To Do

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Ongoing cleanup

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There is an ongoing cleanup/developing in the undeveloped stub articles of Category:Museums in Greece to determine which of them meet with notability standards, develop them to at least basic stubs and nominate for deletion all the rest. You can help here. Participants: User:Thaliapap, User:Hoverfish

Maintenance categories

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Article Alerts

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Did you know

Articles for deletion

  • 13 Nov 2024List of Western European paintings in Ukrainian museums (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Jaguarnik (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 27 Nov 2024; see discussion (6 participants; relisted)

Featured article candidates

A-Class review

Good article nominees

Good article reassessments

Articles to be merged

Articles to be split

Articles for creation

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Articles needing tagging

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A Bot/user using AWB is helping generate a list of articles that are in one or more of the museum subcats but not tagged for WP:Museum. Any help is welcome going through the list & removing those that shouldn't be tagged & tagging those that should. If there's a large list, it may be possible for a bot to work through the list

Deletion Discussions

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In order to add any AfD/PRODs to the lists below, please follow the instructions here.


Museums and libraries AfDs

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National Law Library of the Maldives (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs· FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

No notability and no information about the law library, as well as no references.

List of cultural entities with sole naming rights (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Non-notable hodgepodge of venues which have a naming rights sponsor. No apparent notability or sources to tie them together. No incoming links. See also a related discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of sponsored sports venues. 162 etc. (talk) 06:35, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Museums and libraries Proposed Deletions

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Recognized content

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Biblioteca MarcianaBodiam CastleBruce CastleCeilings of the Natural History Museum, LondonChartwellThe CloistersUSS ConstitutionCragsideEmpire of the SultansFord Piquette Avenue PlantHajj: Journey to the Heart of IslamHam HouseHockey Hall of FameIcelandic Phallological MuseumLiterary HallLittle Moreton HallLudwigsburg PalaceManzanarMary RoseUSS Missouri (BB-63)Museum of Bad ArtNorton PrioryPalazzo PittiFranklin PealeSecretum (British Museum)Tower of LondonJohn Treloar (museum administrator)HMS Warrior (1860)West Wycombe Park

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Baden-Powell HouseNew Orleans Mint

Featured article candidates

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Merchant's House Museum

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Leuchtenberg GalleryList of Smithsonian museumsList of video games in the Museum of Modern ArtList of museums in SomersetList of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others)

A-Class articles

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HMS Belfast

Good articles

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Alatskivi CastleArnolfini, BristolBaltic Centre for Contemporary ArtBarrington CourtBath AbbeyBath Assembly RoomsBeckford's TowerBeit Al QuranHMS BelfastCongregation Beth Israel (Scottsdale, Arizona)Blagdon LakeBlaise Castle EstateBritish EngineeriumBritish LibraryByne's diseaseCasa de EstudilloChurchill War RoomsClevedon CourtClinton Presidential CenterColeridge CottageCopia (museum)Craigflower Manor and SchoolhouseCroatian Natural History MuseumCummer Museum of Art and GardensCurrency BuildingDakshinaChitraDebbane PalaceDerwent Valley MillsDeshong Art MuseumDia BridgehamptonDuSable Black History Museum and Education CenterDunster CastleDunster Working WatermillDyrham ParkEbenezer Avery HouseEisenhower National Historic SiteEldridge Street SynagogueEllwood HouseFarleigh Hungerford CastleFort DansborgFrick CollectionFyne CourtGarbage MuseumJordan GellerGetty CenterGetty VillaGlastonbury AbbeyGlenstoneGolden Age of Trucking MuseumAlice GraySS Great BritainGwinnett Environmental & Heritage CenterHallie Ford Museum of ArtHoly Jesus HospitalImperial War Museum DuxfordImperial War MuseumImperial War Museum NorthIndianapolis Museum of ArtIntrepid MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum theftJewel TowerJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumWilliam B. JordanKenilworth CastleKew HerbariumKhalili Collection of Aramaic DocumentsKing John's Hunting Lodge, AxbridgeKingston LacyLa NubeLacock AbbeyLetocetumLouvre Abu DhabiLouvreLyme ParkLytes CaryMadame Tussauds Hong KongUSS Massachusetts (BB-59)Anna Maria Luisa de' MediciMerchant's House MuseumMontacute HouseMorgan Library & MuseumMorris–Jumel MansionMuseum de Oude WoldenMuseum of Contemporary Art AustraliaMuseum of Contemporary Art ChicagoMuseum of Socialist ArtMy Old Kentucky Home State ParkNapoleonic looting of artNational GalleryNational Museum of BeirutNational Museum of African ArtNational Press MonumentUSS North Carolina (BB-55)Old Korean Legation MuseumOld Stone House (Washington, D.C.)Palais Rohan, StrasbourgPalanga Amber MuseumPearl Harbor Aviation MuseumPenrhyn CastlePetersen Rock Garden

Reached maximum of 100 out of 129 (full list)

Former good articles

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City and Town Hall (Rochelle, Illinois)Flat Top ManorForbidden CityJuliana ForceGunston HallHarness Racing Museum & Hall of FameKentucky Railway MuseumMark Twain HouseMet GalaThe Museum of CuriosityMuseum of the Portuguese LanguageNorth Carolina Transportation MuseumSistine ChapelTower Building of the Little Rock ArsenalVilnius Castle ComplexWhite Pine Village

Good article nominees

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New York Hall of Science

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File:001 Chateau de Chillon and Dents du Midi Photo by Giles Laurent.jpgFile:2018 - Château fort de Lourdes.jpgFile:44444 חדרו של דוד בן גוריון בצריף בשדה בוקר.jpgFile:BMW Welt Night.jpgFile:Bath Abbey Eastern Stained Glass, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpgFile:Bath Abbey Exterior, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpgFile:Bath Abbey Nave Fan Vaulting, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpgFile:Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie asv2021-11 img1.jpgFile:Chapel Royal 360x180, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland - Diliff.jpgFile:Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand.jpgFile:Craigdarroch Castle just after sunset - view from the west, Victoria, Canada.jpgFile:Ely Cathedral Lady Chapel, Cambridgeshire, UK - Diliff.jpgFile:Ely Cathedral Octagon Lantern 3, Cambridgeshire, UK - Diliff.jpgFile:Hagia Sophia Mars 2013.jpgFile:Henriette Mayer van den Bergh - Van Lerius.jpgFile:Kilmainham Gaol Main Hall 2016-06-03.jpgFile:Kitt Peak National Observatory in the Quinlan Mountains, 2023.jpgFile:Louvre 2007 02 24 c.jpgFile:Marburg asv2022-02 img18 Castle.jpgFile:Museo Estatal de Historia, Moscú, Rusia, 2016-10-03, DD 49.jpgFile:Museo Príncipe Felipe, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, España, 2014-06-29, DD 56.JPGFile:Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw Main exhibition Gwoździec synagogue.jpgFile:Musée Galliera, Paris 21 July 2017.jpgFile:Narva asv2022-04 img09 Castle.jpgFile:Portal, Pitam Niwas Chowk, City Palace, Jaipur, 20191218 1000 9059.jpgFile:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-St Michael's Castle 02.jpgFile:Roman Baths in Bath Spa, England - July 2006.jpgFile:Ruine Aggstein 02.JPGFile:SL Colombo asv2020-01 img10 National Museum.jpgFile:Schloss Hohenschwangau 2021.jpgFile:Schloss Sigmaringen 2022.jpgFile:Segovia - Alcázar de Segovia 22 2017-10-24.jpgFile:Wroclaw-Rathaus.jpg

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Did you know? articles

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Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies (2024-11-15)Irish Museum of Time (2024-11-11)New York Hall of Science (2024-10-27)Trade Fair Palace (2024-10-12)Victoria Siddall (2024-10-11)La Nube (2024-09-23)Morgan Library & Museum (2024-09-15)Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics (2024-08-22)Mercer Art Gallery (2024-08-17)The American Pigeon Museum & Library (2024-08-15)Poozeum (2024-08-13)Sophienburg Museum and Archives (2024-07-29)Peale's Philadelphia Museum (2024-06-06)Lyceum Theatre (Boston) (2024-06-03)Galileo's middle finger (2024-05-30)Eldridge Street Synagogue (2024-05-24)Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands (2024-05-19)Herodian Quarter (2024-04-12)Frick Collection (2024-03-31)Safe House Black History Museum (2024-03-21)Adila Laïdi-Hanieh (2024-01-28)Van Cortlandt House (2024-01-25)Empire of the Sultans (2024-01-18)Kansas Business Hall of Fame (2024-01-06)Al Qarara Cultural Museum (2023-12-28)Springfield Science Museum (2023-12-27)Palestine Museum of Natural History (2023-12-01)Morris–Jumel Mansion (2023-11-23)Deshong Art Museum (2023-11-22)Merchant's House Museum (2023-11-04)Intrepid Museum (2023-10-11)Mitzura Arghezi (2023-10-06)Ni'isjoohl totem pole (2023-10-04)Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell (2023-09-25)Gladys Quander Tancil (2023-08-09)National Jewellery Museum (Morocco) (2023-07-12)Republican Palace Museum (2023-06-07)Equestrian Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki (2023-06-02)Richard Childress Racing Museum (2023-04-08)Powis Castle (2023-03-24)Rancho Obi-Wan (2023-03-20)Penrhyn Castle (2023-03-17)Paul Delvaux Museum (2023-01-08)Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam (2022-12-31)Hasanpaşa Gasworks (2022-11-01)Pokémon Fossil Museum (2022-10-31)Patterson's Spade Mill (2022-10-28)Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center (2022-09-16)Bangabandhu Memorial Museum (2022-09-13)BlossomWatch (2022-08-21)Knowles Mill (2022-08-11)Museo Cabeza de Juárez (2022-07-28)Deutsches Romantik-Museum (2022-07-28)Sakhalin Regional Museum (2022-06-19)The Most Dangerous Animal in the World (2022-05-31)Puente de Fierro (2022-05-28)Fosterfields (2022-05-20)Ashton Hawkins (2022-04-27)Museum of Sexual Cultures (2022-04-11)Froggyland (2022-04-09)Napoleonic looting of art (2022-04-08)Horpyna Vatchenko (2022-04-02)Alena Aladava (2022-03-21)Dow's Hill Interpretation Centre (2022-03-07)Museum of Classic Sci-Fi (2022-03-03)Casa Rull Museum (2022-02-21)International Vinegar Museum (2022-02-14)Stahls Automotive Collection (2022-02-11)Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (2022-02-07)Stanton Catlin (2022-01-09)Phil Silvers Archival Museum (2022-01-02)Wenzhou Museum (2021-12-19)West Virginia Music Hall of Fame (2021-12-01)Maison James Norman Hall (2021-11-26)Harry Ferris Brazenor (2021-10-26)Jersey Maritime Museum (2021-10-23)Ham House (2021-10-17)Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage (2021-09-21)National Museum of Vanuatu (2021-09-08)Tāoga Niue Museum (2021-09-03)Huanaki Cultural Centre & Museum (2021-09-03)Cook Islands National Museum (2021-09-02)James Dickinson (taxidermist) (2021-08-28)Land of Lost Content (museum) (2021-08-27)Leeds Tiger (2021-07-24)Jordan Geller (2021-07-08)National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History (2021-06-28)Amna Suraka (2021-06-18)Casa Anchieta (2021-06-12)Robert Louis Stevenson Museum (2021-06-05)Museum of French Art (2021-05-31)Musée de l'Amérique francophone (2021-05-18)Musée Archéologique de Dijon (2021-05-18)Museum of Literature Ireland (2021-05-18)Kosrae State Museum (2021-05-18)Kimiuo Aisek Memorial Museum (2021-05-18)Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art (2021-05-18)Michael Xufu Huang (2021-05-07)Currency Building (2021-05-05)Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House (2021-04-24)

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Secretum (British Museum) (2024-10-03)Empire of the Sultans (2024-07-23)Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam (2023-05-17)Ham House (2022-02-28)Biblioteca Marciana (2021-03-25)Ceilings of the Natural History Museum, London (2020-07-30)Baden-Powell House (2020-02-08)Chartwell (2019-09-29)Ludwigsburg Palace (2019-05-18)The Cloisters (2018-12-01)Ford Piquette Avenue Plant (2018-06-16)Cragside (2018-02-09)Literary Hall (2017-09-23)HMS Warrior (1860) (2015-12-29)USS Constitution (2015-02-20)Franklin Peale (2014-04-14)John Treloar (museum administrator) (2013-11-11)Icelandic Phallological Museum (2013-03-16)Little Moreton Hall (2013-01-12)Bodiam Castle (2011-09-15)Tower of London (2010-09-29)Norton Priory (2010-08-22)Mary Rose (2010-07-19)Bruce Castle (2009-07-02)Museum of Bad Art (2009-04-01)Manzanar (2008-04-26)Hockey Hall of Fame (2008-03-07)West Wycombe Park (2007-07-03)New Orleans Mint (2007-03-07)Palazzo Pitti (2006-03-15)USS Missouri (BB-63) (2005-09-02)

In the News articles

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Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City (2021-07-22)Margaret Weston (2021-01-16)Ricardo Brennand (2020-04-26)Singer Laren (2020-03-31)National Museum of Brazil fire (2018-09-03)National Museum of Brazil (2018-09-03)Cheryll Sotheran (2017-12-31)National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi (2016-04-28)Bardo National Museum attack (2015-03-18)Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting (2014-05-25)Neues Museum (2009-10-18)Acropolis Museum (2009-06-20)

Picture of the day pictures

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File:Narva asv2022-04 img09 Castle.jpg (2024-11-07)File:Schloss Sigmaringen 2022.jpg (2024-09-07)File:Portal, Pitam Niwas Chowk, City Palace, Jaipur, 20191218 1000 9059.jpg (2024-03-30)File:Museo Príncipe Felipe, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, España, 2014-06-29, DD 56.JPG (2024-03-19)File:001 Chateau de Chillon and Dents du Midi Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg (2024-02-10)File:Ely Cathedral Lady Chapel, Cambridgeshire, UK - Diliff.jpg (2024-01-20)File:2018 - Château fort de Lourdes.jpg (2024-01-10)File:Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie asv2021-11 img1.jpg (2023-10-25)File:Schloss Hohenschwangau 2021.jpg (2023-10-13)File:Museo Estatal de Historia, Moscú, Rusia, 2016-10-03, DD 49.jpg (2023-10-02)File:Segovia - Alcázar de Segovia 22 2017-10-24.jpg (2022-10-07)File:SL Colombo asv2020-01 img10 National Museum.jpg (2022-04-04)File:Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw Main exhibition Gwoździec synagogue.jpg (2022-01-08)File:44444 חדרו של דוד בן גוריון בצריף בשדה בוקר.jpg (2021-06-05)File:Musée Galliera, Paris 21 July 2017.jpg (2021-03-06)File:Bath Abbey Eastern Stained Glass, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg (2021-02-28)File:Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand.jpg (2021-01-20)File:Wroclaw-Rathaus.jpg (2020-11-28)File:Craigdarroch Castle just after sunset - view from the west, Victoria, Canada.jpg (2020-09-03)File:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-St Michael's Castle 02.jpg (2020-05-20)File:Kilmainham Gaol Main Hall 2016-06-03.jpg (2020-05-13)File:Ruine Aggstein 02.JPG (2020-01-11)File:Roman Baths in Bath Spa, England - July 2006.jpg (2019-11-15)File:Bath Abbey Exterior, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg (2019-10-02)File:Bath Abbey Nave Fan Vaulting, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg (2018-09-15)File:Chapel Royal 360x180, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland - Diliff.jpg (2018-06-14)File:Henriette Mayer van den Bergh - Van Lerius.jpg (2018-04-03)File:Ely Cathedral Octagon Lantern 3, Cambridgeshire, UK - Diliff.jpg (2016-09-13)File:Hagia Sophia Mars 2013.jpg (2014-11-20)File:BMW Welt Night.jpg (2010-05-12)File:Louvre 2007 02 24 c.jpg (2008-03-27)File:Nat-gall-lond-tr-sq2.jpg (2004-07-31)


Categories

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Category:Museums and Category:Exhibitions are the primary categories for this project. Many subcats can be found from those links.

Resources

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Some resources which may be useful for those writing articles about museums:

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See also

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