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 two-day 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 (4th floor of the McLennan Library Building) 11:00 - 11:45 AM: Tour Tour of the exhibition "Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge" and the Canadian Architecture Collection (meet in the Lobby of McLennan Library Building) 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Tour Tour of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine with Chris Lyons (meet in the lobby of McLennan Library Building and walk up together. Tour at 12:15pm) 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM: Edit-a-thon Contribute to articles using McGill's collections in their Data Visualization Room. This includes access to their electronic subscription resources; see event page for more details. The Visualization Room will remain open through 5 if you would like to continue working after the edit-a-thon.	10:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Scan-a-thon with the BAnQ-Vieux Archives 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Open rooms and Unconference possibilities (Room 2.28 & Auditorium) 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Edit-a-thon Canadian Women; see event page for more details. (Jodoin East & West) 5:15 - 5:45 PM: Closing Session in Auditorium 6:00 - 7:00 PM: Tour of the BAnQ-Vieux	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.
Social and Networking Night, starting at 6:00 PM in Old Montreal After a long day of activities, enjoy the night out in Old Montreal with your fellow Wikimedians. We have the top floor of Les 3 Brasseurs (105 Rue Saint Paul Est) reserved for drinks and socializing; there are plenty of other drink and food places in the area, as well as the Cité Mémoire digital display to see.

See also

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