2019/Schedule


 * Our schedule is under active development.

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Friday, November 8


Friday is the conference's Culture Crawl, a day-long event that includes tours and other activities at various cultural institutions around Boston and Cambridge.
 * Our home base for the day will be the Museum of Fine Arts.
 * Check-in & name-badge pick-up at the MfA: Friday 9am-5pm - at the MFA’s Fenway entrance (200 Fenway, b/t the two giant baby heads). This is the north entrance, on the opposite side of the museum from the Huntington Ave. entrance. A volunteer will meet you with a complimentary ticket to the Museum (only at this entrance). You will then be directed to the Trustees room, upstairs, where our programming will occur to complete registration.
 * Participants will visit local museums and cultural institutions for free backstage tours, edit-a-thons, and more. Participating institutions include:
 * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
 * State Library of Massachusetts
 * MassArt
 * Massachusetts College of Art and Design
 * Boston University
 * Sessions around GLAM and Wikidata
 * Kickoff to our conference-long hackathon, challenging participants to ideate and come up with solutions for problems around information reliability.

Friday evening will be our reception in Boston at the Waterworks Museum. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served.

Addresses

 * Boston University (Mugar Memorial Library): 771 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
 * MassArt: 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
 * Museum of Fine Arts: 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
 * MIT MakerWorkshop: 127 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
 * State Library of Massachusetts: 24 Beacon Street, State House Room 341, Boston, MA

Sunday, November 10
November 10 each year, the United Nations are observing the World Science Day for Peace and Development.