I worked for Leeds Museums & Galleries between 2013 and 2023. As a Wikimedia volunteer, I encouraged the organisation to think about how it might work with Wikimedia.
Project Placement edit
In 2019 I applied for internal funding and was successful in recruiting someone to do some preliminary work on LMG and Wikipedia. The placement was Leedsproject2019. Please refer to their user page for their contributions. Particularly relevant are:
- Cyril Livingstone (donor)
- Elizabeth Gascoigne (donor)
- Emily Meynell-Ingram (donor)
- Laura Gwendolen Douglas Galton Gascoigne (donor)
Leedsproject2019 subsequently went on to work as Wikimedian in Residence for the Science Museum Group.
Pages relating to LMG that I've started edit
- Leeds Discovery Centre (site)
- Leeds Museums & Galleries (organisation)
- Elizabeth Pirie (former curator)
- Queens of Industry (theme of exhibition at Leeds Industrial Museum)
- West Yorkshire Hoard (hoard in collection)
- Cedric Clarke (Leeds City Council's first black councillor)
- Frances Burgess (textile queen)
- Leeds Tiger (object)
- John Grimshaw Wilkinson (botanist and donor)
- Tanya Arnold (as part of a Sports themed Wikithon)