Wikipedia:GLAM/The Children's Museum of Indianapolis/Requests

Image and content requests edit

Please add any requests that you have for museum images or research content. See the Commons category for images already donated by the museum. You can also check the online artifact database to get a sense of the types of objects in the collection. But note that this is only 1,000 of the 110,000 objects in the collection. For older requests please see the archive.

Items related to the history of communications, postal service, postage stamps, stamp collecting, etc.

Images from the Collection edit

If you need details on a specific object from the collection, either in an image from the Backstage Pass day or an image present in the TCM Category on Commons, please list it here, with a link. I will have the Collections staff double check your information, if necessary.

Curator requests for TCMI-related topics edit

Resources: Chicken and shoe coffins in TCM collection. Paa Joe is the artist of the figural coffins in TCMI's collection. There is a specific publication on the chicken coffin.

Resources: TCMI has vertical files and digital files on family. Have funeral procession and trees of life artworks in collection.

Mahiole

Resources: Woven elastic basketry helmet, 1 of only 5 in the world. Have vertical file information on Hawaiian Chief's Helmet currently on display at the IMA.

Related WikiProjects edit

Broad topics edit

Project	Users interested	Requests
WikiProject Children's Literature (talk)
WikiProject Indiana (talk)	Charles Edward (talk · contribs)
WikiProject Museums (talk)

Topics & associated resources edit

Project	Related articles	Resources	Users interested
WikiProject Amusement Parks (talk)	Broad Ripple Park Carousel	Keep an Eye on that Mummy (book)	User:Awadewit • User:Ealdgyth
WikiProject Archaeology (talk)	Captain Kidd's Cannon, Terracotta Army, Stratigraphy	Mummy Unit of Study	TCMI MAPs students (cannon)
WikiProject Biography (talk)	Ryan White, Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges	Anne Frank Unit of Study • Ryan White Unit of Study
WikiProject Biology (talk) WikiProject Ecology (talk)	TCMI holds an extensive collection of taxidermy.	Agricultural Biotechnology Unit of Study • BioPort Biotechnology Unit of Study • Bones Unit of Study
WikiProject Dinosaurs (talk) WikiProject Paleontology, (talk)	Dracorex, Sarcosuchus, SuperCroc, mastodon, Cretaceous Period, Bucky (Tyrannosaurus rex), Triceratops, Prenoceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Hypacrosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Bambiraptor, Maiasaura	Dinosphere Unit of Study • Paleo Artists Unit of Study	TCMI MAPs students (Bucky)
WikiProject Egypt (talk)	Egyptian hieroglyphs, Tutankhamun, Uraeus, Ramesses II, Canopic jar, Zahi Hawass, Howard Carter, Horus, Valley of the Kings, Egyptian Museum, Nile river, Luxor Temple, Osiris, Isis, sphinx, Ushabti, Child Museum (Cairo)	King Tut Unit of Study Egypt Unit of Study
WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America	Indian headdress	Native Americans Unit of Study
WikiProject Japan	Japanese friendship dolls	Curator's blog post about Japanese Friendship Doll
WikiProject Space (talk) WikiProject Astronomy (talk)	Orrery	TCM Planetarium info	Mike Peel (talk)
WikiProject Time (talk)	Water clock (Indianapolis), water clock		TCMI MAPs students
WikiProject Toys (talk)	Tin toys, Mechanical toy, Märklin
WikiProject Trains (talk)	Reuben Wells (locomotive)	Keep an Eye on that Mummy (book) • Trains Unit of Study	TCMI MAPs students
WikiProject Visual arts (talk)	Fireworks of Glass, Norman Rockwell	Fireworks of Glass at Children's Museum • Fireworks of Glass Unit of Study • Curator's blog post about Norman Rockwell Painting.	TCMI MAPs students