Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/Wikipedia for Museums in Uganda 2021
Introduction edit
To celebrate International Museums Day, the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda will host and facilitate Wikipedia for Museums in Uganda on 21st and 22nd May. This initiative is aimed at gathering diverse stakeholders from museums in Uganda to co-create and collectively improve information about museums in Uganda on Wikipedia, the world’s largest collaborative knowledge base. This program will be divided into three parts as follows:
- raining: Introducing the participants to key skills and tools on how to update/ edit and add articles to Wikipedia for participants of the event
- Edit-a-thon - Dedicating the second part of the program to improving stub articles and creating new entries about critical topics, underrepresented groups, initiatives and putting up-to-date figures about museums, etc.
- Creating content for upload on Wikimedia Commons including videos, audios, and videos to document various museums in Uganda
In line with the International Council of Museums theme “The Future of Museums: Recover and Reimagine”,we invite museums, their professionals and communities to create, imagine and share new practices of (co-)creation of value, new business models for cultural institutions and innovative solutions for the social, economic and environmental challenges of the present on Wikipedia.
Programme edit
Day 1 - Friday 21 May edit
| Time | Activity |
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| 8:30–9:00 | Arrival and registration |
| 9:00–9:20 | Opening remarks |
| 9:20 - 9:50 | Speakers & participant introductions + expectations |
| 9:50 - 10:40 | Introduction to Wikipedia + Contributing to Wikipedia for museums |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Account creation and first steps |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | BREAK |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Creating Wikipedia articles (Planning sheets, sandbox & drafts) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:00 - 15:45 | Editing Wikipedia |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Closing & next steps |
Day 2 - Saturday 22 May edit
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:30–9:00 | Arrival and registration |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Introductions & community reflections |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Dealing with photographic content |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | BREAK |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | QRPedia for visibility of items in your collection |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Edit-a-thon + article reviews |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Farewell & next steps |
Participants edit
TBA
Institutions represented edit
- Uganda Museum
- Kabale Regional Museum
- Karamoja Regional Museum
- C.N Kikonyogo Money Museum
- Uganda Revenue Authority Museum
List of museums in Uganda edit
| Wikidata item | Name | Image | Town/City | District | Region | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936079 | Ankole cultural drama actor's museum | ||||||
| Attitude change museum | |||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936177 | Bamasaaba Cultural Union | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936216 | Batwa Cultural Experience- Museum trail | ||||||
| Bukonzo Cultural Association Museum | |||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936332 | Bulemba Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936364 | Bunyoro Community Historical Museum Associates | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936384 | Busoga Cultural Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936417 | Butambala Heritage Center of Civilization | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936567 | Charles Nyonyintono Kikonyogo Money Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936822 | Cultural Research Centre Museum-Jinja | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936843 | Ebirungi Ebyeira Museum-Jinja | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106937120 | Gakondo Cultural Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106937139 | Ham Mukasa Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936797 | Igongo Cultural Centre | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106937205 | Iteso Cultural union Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936743 | Kabale Regional Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936739 | Karamoja Regional Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106937496 | Kigulu Cultural Museum-Iganga | ||||||
| Mountain of the Moon-Fort Portal | |||||||
| Mt. Elgon Museum of History and Culture-Mbale | |||||||
| Q56605115 | Nommo Gallery | 
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| Nyamyarro Museum | |||||||
| Obudingiya Bwa Bamba | |||||||
| Social Innovation Museum | |||||||
| Soroti Regional Museum | |||||||
| Q97393690 | Ssemagulu Royal Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936881 | St.Luke Community Museum | ||||||
| https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106936871 | Uganda Martyr's University Museum | ||||||
| Q7877613 | Uganda Museum | 
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| Zoological Museum at Makerere University |
Outcomes edit
These are the expected outcomes
- Creation of new articles on Wikipedia
- Uploading of photos of museum on Wikimedia Commons
- A better understanding of QRPedia for visibility & knowledge of the items & artefacts in museums.
Get started
5 minutes
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Step 1: orStep 2:Step 3: |
Choose one of the activities
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Improve and expand an article | Help make improvements to articles on Wikipedia. | 20 minutes
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Improve with a reference | Improve articles and other content with citations. | 20 minutes
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Create a new Wikipedia article | Choose an institution or thing you want to write a new Wikipedia article about. | 60 minutes
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Upload a picture | Upload a picture of your museum under a free licence. | 25 minutes
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Extra activities
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Share! | Share your contribution in social media. Use #GLAMWiki and #IMD2021 as hashtag. | 5 minutes
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Upload to Commons! | Upload your event photos under a free license on Wikimedia Commons. | 10 minutes
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