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Britain Loves Wikipedia is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest running in museums and cultural institutions across the UK in February. The aim is to increase the number of pictures available to illustrate Wikipedia articles, and to inspire new articles.

The Hunterian is delighted to be taking part in this exciting event. As the Museum Main Hall is currently closed for roof works, this event will take place in the Museum Entrance and the Zoology Museum.

Wikipedia @ The Hunterian  17 February 2010

Our curators will be on hand to exhibit some of our special collections not currently on display. The Hunterian collections are world class. They are extensive and wide ranging with just over a million objects. The Hunterian is rated as one of the top five museums in Scotland because of the scale, range and significance of our collections.

Participation

Come along with your camera and take photos of our objects. Upload your best photographs to Wikipedia. You must take two photos - one of the object, and one of the object's label for your photo to be eligible for Wikipedia

Schedule

The event will take place all day on 17 February. At specific times there will be staff and students on hand displaying the following:

10am-12pm - Entrance Gallery, Main Hall, Archaeology, Ethnography and Historical Collections
2pm-4.30pm Entrance Gallery Geology, Palaeontology & Scientific Instruments
10am-4pm - Zoology Museum, Zoological collections
After 17 February you will still be able to participate in Britain Loves Wikipedia but normal photography rules will apply within the museum

Venues

This event will be taking place across 2 venues. The Entrance Gallery in the Main Hall of the Museum and the Zoology Museum in the Graham Kerr building.
Britain Loves Wikipedia is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest running in museums and cultural institutions across the UK in February. The aim is to increase the number of pictures available to illustrate Wikipedia articles, and to inspire new articles.

The event will run for the whole month of February 2010. Although there are planned events at each location, you can go to most museums on your own at any time during the month.

'Britain Loves Wikipedia' has been organised by Wikimedia UK, in collaboration with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Collections Trust, Culture 24 and Museums Galleries Scotland.

Competition

Participants can submit their photos for a chance to win a WikiReader - a device that lets you carry around the whole of Wikipedia in English in your pocket - courtesy of Openmoko. For more about the competition visit www.britainloveswikipedia.org

Contact:
Mark Herraghty
m.herraghty@museum.gla.ac.uk

Links:

More information:
http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/whatson/wiki/wikipedia-at-the-hunterian.shtml

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First published: 12 February 2010