GLAM/Newsletter/September 2024/Contents/Albania report

This Month in GLAM – Volume XIV, Issue IX, September 2024

Albania report

Wikimedian in Residence at Elbasan’s Ethnographic Museum in Albania

Silva Belegu served as the Wikimedian in Residence (WiR) at the Ethnographic Museum in Elbasan, Albania spanning from July to September 2024.

Over the course of the project, Silva worked for 3 months to bring the museum’s rich history, artifacts, people, traditional clothes, and ethnography of this area across Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.

The outcomes were satisfactory by adding/improving 51 edited articles covering most of the Elbasan’s traditional crafts to local folklore. 33 photos of museum artifacts were uploaded on Wikimedia Commons giving people access to authentic pieces of history and 200 items were added to Wikidata ensuring detailed information about the museum’s collections.

The Wikimedian in Residence placed at the Ethnographic Museum highlights for the Wikimedians of Albanian Language UG a valuable partnership between the Culture Heritage Institutions and the Wikipedian community in Albania.

With this project wrapped up, we have already started a new project with another Wikimedian in Residence at the Qemal Baholli Public Library in Elbasan for the third year in a row.

Below are some pictures from the Ethnographic Museum of Elbasan.

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