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Museum Collections on
Wikipedia: Opening Up to
Open Data Initiatives
Elena Villaespesa, School of Information, Pratt Institute (@elenustika)
(Research in collaboration with Trilce Navarrete, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
#WIKIDATADAY
Museum collections online
Wikipedia
article
Google search
Siri
Method
SPARQL query
Pageviews API
Article coding
(Spoerri, 2007)
Data
0.17% of all the English Wikipedia
articles include a painting image
Paintings
8K
Articles
10K
Monthly article views
(2017)
94M
Art
Haystacks
Abstract Art UffiziPastel
Francisco Goya
History, geography, literature, science…
Potato
Psychosis
Don Quixote
Lute
Abraham Lincoln
The Scream
Anxiety disorder
Krakatoa Meaning of lifeSilence (Doctor Who)
Other articles:
Expressionism | Modern Art | The Scream | Edvard Munch |
Norwegian art | Trigeminal neuralgia | Mental status
examination | Scream Pubs | Fragments of horror…
Usage and reach
87% of the views happened on
non-art related articles
Linked open data
What should be the museum strategy for the
production and distribution of linked open data?

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