On February 25, 2020, The Smithsonian announced their Open Access policy: this landmark OA initiative releases 2.8 million images into the public domain, making countless collections across the Smithsonian available to Wikimedia projects.
Wikidata Knowledge Graphs
Wikidata allows anyone to query its 78 million database items instantaneously to create visually-rich knowledge graphs showing connected concepts of human knowledge and how they are related.
These visualizations can help show the cultural impact of artworks across disciplines and time or providing insights into the impact of women in fields from aviation to zoology.
Artificial intelligence/ machine learning models can suggest image labels for artworks with impressive accuracy but varying quality.
The Wikidata Game allows users to help confirm through a simple, button-based interface that immediately updates Wikidata. This hybrid AI-human system provides the best of both worlds by combining the scale and rigor of machine learning with the judgment and wisdom of human volunteers.
