2017/Wiki Culture Crawl

WikiConference North America 2017 • Montréal, Canada

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Wikipedians at the San Diego Museum of Natural History at last year's Culture Crawl.

WikiConference North America's 2017 Wiki Culture Crawl is a pre-conference event dedicated to collaborative and GLAM-Wikipedia activities in Montreal on Wednesday, August 9. The day's activities include visiting various cultural institutions in Montreal, with a focus on galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and monuments. The Crawl includes exclusive backstage tours of institutions, as well as a photo drive for participants to photograph Montreal's sites and collections. These activities also provide a unique opportunity for institutions and Wikimedians to work together to improve Wikipedia's coverage on certain topic areas.

For this year's Culture Crawl, we've made plans with McGill University and the BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec / National Library and Archives of Québec). The Crawl is a great way to explore and get familiar with Montreal at the start of the conference!

Schedule

See the full conference program at 2017/Schedule

August 9 - Wednesday - Culture Crawl, Scan-a-thon, and Reception
Registration in Sheraton Lobby starting at 8:00 AM
Welcome Session, 9:00 - 9:30 AM in Sheraton Lobby Meet in the lobby of Le Centre Sheraton for a welcome, housekeeping, and handouts. Groups can meet here to depart to tours, the BAnQ, and photo sessions.
McGill University	BAnQ Vieux-Montreal	Other
All Day: Free admission at the Redpath Museum 10:00 - 10:45 AM: Tour Visit with materials from McGill University Archives Rare Books and Special Collections (McLennan Library Building) 11:00 - 11:45 AM: Tour Tour of the "Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge" exhibition and the Canadian Architecture Collection (Lobby of McLennan Library Building) 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Tour Tour of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine with Chris Lyons 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Edit-a-thon Contribute to a curated list of articles from McGill with their resources	12:00 - 5:00 PM: Programming TBA (Room 2.28 & Auditorium) 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Edit-a-thon Canadian Women (Jodoin East & West) 5:30 - 7:00 PM: Evening Reception, Cash Bar 6:00 - 7:00 PM: Tour of the BAnQ Vieux-Montréal	All Day: Photo Drive - Take photos of your experiences, buildings, artifacts, and more throughout the day for the Commons. 11:00 AM: Photo walk from Sheraton to the BAnQ-Vieux. 5:00 PM & Later: McCord Museum has free access to its permanent exhibition.

Partners

See also

• GLAM one page summary - history of GLAM engagemeent between cultural institutions and Wikipedia