Nordic Wikimedia/Yearbook 2011/Page 04
Museum partnership flagship projects
editNationalmuseet i København, Copenhagen
editIn 2011, Wikimedia Denmark initiated several discussions with the National Museum of Denmark, resulting in two days of photo-shooting in May and December. The year after, this culminated in the installation of a Wikipedian in Residence, the first in the country. Wikipedians in Residence are Wikipedia enthusiasts who obtain insider status and admittance to all parts of a museum, including back-stage archives and artefact collections. The most common task is to shoot photographs of artefacts to wikimedia Commons, but textual descriptions of the collections in article entries at the Wikipedia are also occuring. The National Museum project is paving ground for cooperation with several other cultural institutions.
Selected images uploaded from Nationalmuseet
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Tapuya woman. Painted by Albert Eckhout and signed in 1641
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Arrow heads made of flintstone
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The Last Supper, detail of altarpiece from the chapel in the manor of Orebygård, carved by Henrik Werner in 1638
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Kettle wagon from Skallerup at the National Museum of Denmark
Nordiska museet
editIn cooperation with Wikimedia Sweden, Nordiska museet has uploaded more than 1,000 pictures to Wikimedia Commons. Including in the donation are glass plates with photos by author and artist August Strindberg, from his séjour in Switzerland in the 1880's. The donation also includes drawings and paintings by Fritz von Dardel from the court life around Swedish and Norwegian king Karl XV (Karl IV in Norway) and also photos by Severin Nilsson, a Swedish pioneer in documentary photography. This was the second major photo donation by a Swedish institution, the first being a donation by Regionarkivet i Göteborg.
Selected images uploaded from Nordiska museet, Stockholm
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Summer guests at the island of Ljusterö in Sweden 1910, from Nordiska Museet, unknown photographer
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Formal wear from Värmland in Sweden, early 20th Century, from Nordiska museet, Emelie von Walterstorff (1871–1948)
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Crown prince Karl of Sweden and Norway 1849, from Nordiska museet, Fritz von Dardel
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Author August Strindberg and his children in Gersau in Switzerland 1886, from Nordiska Museet