 | This meetup page is an archive of a past event. Please do not edit the contents of this page. |
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| When and Where | |
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| Date | Sunday, May 21, 2017 |
| Time | 10:30 am – 4:30 pm |
| Address | Thomas J. Watson Library The Met 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street) 2nd Floor |
| City, State | New York City, New York 10028 |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon: Met Open Access Initiative was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first edit-a-thon, hosted on Sunday May 21, 2017 in Thomas J. Watson Library at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City.
The Met is excited to make available over 375,000 images of public domain artworks for contribution to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons from the museum’s collection spanning 5,000 years of art. The event is an opportunity for Wikimedia communities to engage The Met's diverse collection onsite and remotely. The event is a key marker too of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's first Wikimedian-in-Residence program, with resident Richard Knipel (User:Pharos), along with Wikimedia NYC. We invite you to help enhance Wikimedia communities and platforms with open access images from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The onsite event required pre-registration. To register, 1) please sign-up with Eventbrite and 2) add your Wikipedia username to the #Participants sign-up below. Please check-in with museum staff when you arrive at the Thomas J. Watson Library within the museum.
We also welcome remote participation for the global Met Open Access Artworks Challenge, you can sign up there at Met Open Access Artworks Challenge/Participants.