Commons:GLAM/Museo Galileo
Museo Galileo cooperates with the Wikimedia projects providing quality content. To facilitate this process, an Italian Wikimedia consultant is working for a few months at the Museuum and remotely.
The wikipedian in residence has the duty to carry out this project, by inserting the contents of the projects and explaining the potential employees of the Foundation, in order to spread the philosophy and operation of the Wikimedia projects. Activities will also provide assistance in the activity of content loading (pictures, bibliographic sources, texts and so on), which will also facilitate cooperation with the community of Wikipedians.
What is Museo Galileo[edit]
The museum features the valuable scientific instruments from the Medici Collections which were first displayed in the Stanzino delle Matematiche (Mathematics Room) in the Uffizi Gallery. They were later on moved to the Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale (Museum of Physics and Natural History) founded by Grand Duke Peter Leopold in 1775. During the reign of the Lorraine Grand Dukes, new instruments were added to the scientific collections.
Museo Galileo carries out research and documentation in the history of science and technology, as well as in the field of preservation and improvement of museum collections. The Library’s book collection and a number of online resources are available to scholars. The museum is partner with important institutions, such as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Nobel Foundation, the Max Planck Society’s institutes and the Harvard University, and co-sponsors several research projects. It also organizes and takes part in many conferences on scientific museology and the history of science and technology.
The collaboration in a few words[edit]
The figure of the wikipedian in residence at Museo Galileo was established in April 2016, following an agreement with Wikimedia Italy, ICOM Italy and Museimpresa. After a public selection, they chose a consultant for two months to carry out this activity.
Who works there[edit]
The wikipedian in residence for 2016 is Simone Massi ("Archeologo" on the wiki projects). Contact him for any questions.