It's GLAM up North!
- Highlights from the York Museums Trust's online collections
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A carved, bas relief eagle from Romano-British Eboracum. -
Portrait of Monsignor Giovanni Battista Agucchi by Domenichino -
The Middleham Jewel. A star artefact in the Yorkshire Museum -
The Wrestlers by William Etty -
An early, wooden-cased telescope by Abraham Sharp -
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A replica flint spear by notorious forger by Edward Simpson - 'Flint Jack'
One hundred and fifty accredited museums! Ranging from tiny, volunteer-run collections in village halls, to national scientific and and industrial museums; Yorkshire has an over abundance of GLAMwiki potential. Now, nearly six months into a regional GLAMwiki project, I (PatHadley) am beginning to uncover some of the treasures in the county's collections and help museums through the various challenges to digital openness and working with Wikimedia.
Though the initial results may look small, they are hopefully signs of much bigger things to come. Firstly, there has been a great response from one of Yorkshire's smallest museums: Shandy Hall. This former vicarage in the village of Coxwold was the home of the innovative writer Laurence Sterne and has begun releasing images of the site and high-quality scans of artwork related to Sterne's life (in this Commons Category). This has already led to several images making their way onto English Wikipedia on Sterne's biography and the articles on his key books: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. There are plans for many more images to be released and the curators have set up a Wikipedia training session with English Literature students from Northumbria University to help improve content related to Sterne. There are also factual resources on the Sterneana pages of the Laurence Sterne Trust (who run Shandy Hall) that can help Wikipedians improve this related content.
- First uploads from Shandy Hall
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Sterne and Grisette by Abraham Solomon -
Old Kitchen fire at Shandy Hall -
Tristram Shandy First edition spines -
West entrance of Shandy Hall in snow
